Vryheidsoorlog ("Second Freedom War"), 'Tweede Boereoorlog ("Second Boer War"), Anglo-Boereoorlog ("Anglo-Boer War") or Engelse oorlog ("English War").

In South Africa, it is officially called the South African War. According to a 2011 BBC report, "most scholars prefer to call the war of 1899-1902 the South African War, thereby acknowledging that all South Africans, white and black,