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Khothatso

Sesotho · First name · unisex · descriptive name

Sesotho for "encouragement".

Source: Sesotho naming tradition, cross-referenced across an academic paper on Sesotho naming (Mohome) and sesotho.org's names page

Other Sesotho first names

Katleho
Sesotho for "success".
Paballo
Sesotho for "protection".
Pula
Sesotho for "rain", a name that carries real weight in a historically drought-prone region, where rain is bound up with life and prosperity (the word is also, not coincidentally, the name of Botswana's currency).

More descriptive names, from other cultures

Ayyur · Amazigh
Tamazight for "moon".
Desta · Amharic
Amharic for "joy, happiness".
Djama · Bambara
Bambara for "the crowd" or "the community".
Chilufya · Bemba
Bemba for "the one who is lost".
Kasuba · Bemba
Bemba for "sun".
Chifundo · Chewa
Chichewa for "mercy".
Chikondi · Chewa
Chichewa for "love".
Agibu · Fulani
Fulfulde for "patient" or "meticulous".
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