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Namasiku

Lozi · First name · unisex · birth circumstance

Lozi for "born at night".

Source: Lozi naming vocabulary, cross-referenced across Zambian Observer ("Lozi Names And Their Meanings") and an independent Mwandi-area Lozi-names blog

Other Lozi first names

Lozi for "mercy".

Lozi for "hope".

Lozi for "joy".

More birth circumstance names, from other cultures

From aba ("has come") + bio ("again"): "has come again." Given to a child born after an older sibling died, understood as that child returned.

Nyamekye · Akan

From Nyame ("God") + kyɛ ("to give, a gift"): "gift from God." Given to a child born after a long wait or prolonged childlessness.

Badara · Fulani

Traditionally given for being born under a full moon; associated with brightness and auspiciousness.

Given to a child whose mother died.

Given to a child whose father died before the naming ceremony. The name is explained as "did not meet the father to receive joy".

A child born immediately after twins.

Ntukai · Maasai

Given to a child born during the rainy season.

Boonayyaa · Oromo

Given for a birth during the dry season.

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