name
Chisomo
chee-SOH-moh
tʃiˈsoːmoʊListen
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Chisomo
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Chewa/Nyanja (Malawi/Zambia)
- Meaning
- a Chewa name meaning grace or gift of grace, used for both sons and daughters; among the Chewa people of Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique — who are united by the Nyanja language and the Gule Wamkulu masquerade tradition recognised by UNESCO — names expressing divine grace are among the most common choices for newborns, reflecting the understanding that all life is an undeserved gift from God; Chisomo gained particular visibility through Chisomo, a common Malawian name that expresses the synthesis of indigenous Chewa spirituality with Christian theology that characterises much of modern Malawian religious culture
- Gender
- unisex
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