Nkosana

IsiXhosa for "beautiful, handsome", from the adjectival root -hle — the same root behind the existing Zulu name Zinhle.

isiXhosa for "it is love".

isiXhosa for "princess" (female form of Nkosana).

IsiXhosa for "gift" (isipho).

isiXhosa for "blessing", "fortune", or "luck".

From ukuxola ("to be at peace, to calm down, to forgive"): "she who brings peace".

Tamazight for "star". Amazigh names are frequently ordinary nouns used directly as personal names, rather than a separate naming vocabulary.

From "alem" (the world) and "ayehu" (I have seen): in use, understood to mean "I have enjoyed life".

Amharic for "majesty, dignity, honour".

Fulfulde for "beloved", from the root "yiɗi" (to love) plus a suffix marking the human agent of the action.

Kikuyu for "the reincarnated one", traditionally given when a child is believed to carry the spirit of a deceased relative.

"The one who returns" — the male counterpart to Njoki, in the same reincarnation-naming tradition as the existing Kariuki: given when a child is believed to carry back a departed relative's spirit, often a grandfather's name passed to a grandson.

From Dholuo "luoch" (mist).

Maa for "the polite one".