Swahili people originated from the Bantu inhabitants of the east African coast.
They are found in the coastal region of Kenya. They name their children according to places where the child was born, the event that was ongoing or the time the child was born.
Below are the common Swahili names with their meaning you did not know.
Zawadi is a Kiswahili word meaning gift. If a woman stays for a long time without giving birth, and at long last gives birth to a baby girl, she is named Zawadi.
Amina is a Swahili name given to girls which means honest and trustworthy, while Ali is a name given to male children meaning prominent and superior.
If a woman falls into labour and gives birth to a baby girl during idd festival, she is given the name Mwanaidi.
A woman can fall into labour and gives birth while the moon was bright, he is given the name Kamara meaning moonlight.
If a woman falls into labour and gives birth to a baby girl during prosperous times, the child is named Neema.
Rajabu is a name given to child that is born on the seventh month of the Muslim calendar.
The Swahili people are mostly Muslims and every year they celebrate Ramadhan.
Any baby boy born in this month is named Ramadhan. When a pregnant woman falls into labour and gives birth to a girl on Thursday, she is given the name Mwanahamisi which comes from the word “alhamisi”, a Swahili name of Thursday.
Sultan means ruler and if a child is born and named after a prominent ruler, he is given the name Sultan.
A child born on rocks is named after Jabali meaning a rock.
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