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Karani

/kah-RAH-nee/Kikuyu · a boy’s name

Clerk or scribe; a name used in Kenya through the Swahili loanword karani, rather than an ancient uniquely Kikuyu etymology.

How to say it
kah-RAH-nee
Given to
Boys
Used in
Kenya
How common
common · also a surname

From the same family