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Masika

Nande · First name · female · birth order name

Given to a first-born daughter, in the same Nande/Bakonzo birth-rank naming tradition (the female-line names follow their own, separate sequence from the male-line ones above).

Source: Nande/Bakonzo birth-rank naming system, cross-referenced across Uganda's New Vision newspaper ("Child naming among Bakonzo") and an independent Bakonzo-naming blog (Molho Writes)

Other Nande first names

Given to the second-born son, in the same Nande/Bakonzo birth-rank naming system as Mumbere.

Given to the third-born son, in the same Nande/Bakonzo birth-rank naming system.

Given to the first-born son. Nande (and the closely related Bakonzo of Uganda) name children directly for their birth rank among their siblings. The name itself states the order of birth.

More birth order names, from other cultures

Given to the first-born of twins (female form of Opio).

The second-born daughter. Male form: Manu.

The third-born daughter. Male form: Mensa.

Given to the firstborn daughter.

Tatu · Swahili

Kiswahili for "three" — a third-born child.

Tisa · Swahili

Kiswahili for "nine" — a ninth-born child.

Alaba · Yoruba

Given to the child born after Idowu — continuing the special run of names that begins with a set of twins (Taiwo and Kehinde), then Idowu, then Alaba. Usually a girl's name.

Given to the second-born of twins, from "cen", meaning "behind", reflecting the second twin's position in birth order.

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