name
Mpho
mm-POH
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Syllable breakdown
Mpho
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Tswana (Botswana/South Africa)
- Meaning
- a Tswana name meaning gift, one of the most direct and widely used gift-names in the Bantu naming traditions of southern Africa; Mpho expresses the universal parental experience of a child as an unearned blessing, a grace that arrives from beyond the parents' own capacity to produce it; the name is given to boys and girls alike, reflecting the Tswana understanding that the gift of a child is not gendered in its spiritual significance; among the Batswana, Mpho is also associated with the social practice of gift-giving — botho (humaneness) — that sustains relationships within and between families and communities, connecting the child's name to the ethics of generosity that define a good person
- Gender
- unisex
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