name
Thobile
toh-BEE-leh
toʊˈbiːlɛListen
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Thobile
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Zulu (South Africa)
- Meaning
- a Zulu feminine name meaning we are satisfied, we have found peace, or we have enough, from the Zulu verb thoba (to be satisfied, to be calm, to be at peace) with the plural prefix that indicates the whole family or community shares in this satisfaction; the name expresses the parents' contentment and peace at the arrival of this child, declaring that with her birth the family has reached a state of completeness and satisfaction; names expressing the emotional state of the parents at birth — contentment, joy, surprise, relief — are one of the major categories in Zulu naming practice and reflect the tradition of names as public statements about the family's experience; Thobile is an extremely common Zulu feminine name and is used throughout South Africa in both traditional and urban Zulu-speaking communities
- Gender
- female
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