Aepyceros melampus shine sunan kimiyya ga impala, wanda shine matsakaicin tururuwa na Afirka. An samo "Aepyceros" daga kalmomin Helenanci "aipus" ma'ana babba da "ceros" ma'ana ƙaho, yayin da "melampus" ya samo asali ne daga ma'anar tarihin Girkanci "Melampus", wanda aka ce ya iya fahimtar harshen dabbobi. Don haka, ana iya fassara sunan kimiyya Aepyceros melampus da ma'anar "Melampus mai ƙaho mai girma" ko "Melampus wanda ya fahimci harshen dabbobi masu ƙaho".