name
Nkhensani
nkhen-SAH-nee
ŋkɛnˈsɑːniListen
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Nkhensani
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Tsonga (South Africa/Mozambique)
- Meaning
- a Tsonga feminine name meaning to give thanks or the grateful one; expressing the family's gratitude to the ancestors or to God for the safe arrival of the child; Tsonga naming traditions often encode the emotional or spiritual circumstances of birth, and Nkhensani is given to daughters born after answered prayers, recovered health, or the resolution of family difficulties, marking the child as a living expression of thankfulness
- Gender
- female
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