name
Bophelo
boh-PEH-loh
boʊˈpɛloʊListen
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Syllable breakdown
Bophelo
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Sesotho/Sepedi (South Africa, Lesotho)
- Meaning
- a Sesotho and Sepedi masculine name meaning life or health, from the Sotho root bophelo (life, health, vitality, wellbeing); Bophelo is a name that declares the child to be life itself — an embodiment of the vital force that animates all living things and that is the greatest gift one can receive; in Sotho cosmology and philosophy bophelo (life) is inseparable from communal relationships — one is fully alive only within the web of community, ubuntu-like relationships that sustain human existence; naming a son Bophelo expresses both the gratitude that this child is alive and well and the aspiration that he will live fully, in health and in right relationship with his community; the name also carries the meaning of health in the sense of wholeness — a life lived in integrity and physical flourishing
- Gender
- male
- Also spelled
- Bophelo
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