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Luthando

Xhosa · First name · unisex · descriptive name

isiXhosa for "it is love".

Source: Xhosa naming tradition, cross-referenced across independent South African naming resources (BabyYumYum, MomJunction)

Other Xhosa first names

Buhle
IsiXhosa for "beautiful, handsome", from the adjectival root -hle — the same root behind the existing Zulu name Zinhle.
Nkosana
isiXhosa for "prince".
Nkosazana
isiXhosa for "princess" (female form of Nkosana).
Sipho
IsiXhosa for "gift" (isipho).
Thamsanqa
isiXhosa for "blessing", "fortune", or "luck".
Xoliswa
From ukuxola ("to be at peace, to calm down, to forgive"): "she who brings peace".

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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