name
Pika
PEE-kah
ˈpiːkɑListen
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Syllable breakdown
Pika
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Sango (Central Africa)
- Meaning
- a Sango name meaning the swift one or messenger; Sango, used as the national language of the Central African Republic, developed from the trade language of the Ngbandi people along the Ubangi River, and names drawn from it carry the associations of movement, exchange, and communication that defined the river-based trade culture of the region; a person named Pika is associated with quickness of foot and mind and the messenger's crucial role in connecting dispersed communities across the vast Central African forest and savannah landscape
- Gender
- unisex
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