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Khulani

/khoo-LAH-nee/Xhosa & Zulu · a boy or girl’s name

“Grow; may you grow.”

In Xhosa

How to say it
khoo-LAH-nee
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
common

From the same family

01Khulile“Has grown and flourished”Xhosaany→︎02Khuliswa“Be raised/nurtured.”Xhosafemale→︎03Khululekani“Be free; be liberated.”Xhosaany→︎04Khululekile“Freedom, openness and a life unburdened”Xhosaany→︎05Khululiwe“She has been set free”Xhosafemale→︎06Khululwa“Be freed; be released.”Xhosafemale→︎

In Zulu

How to say it
koo-LAH-nee
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
common

From the same family

01Khulekani“Pray”Zuluany→︎02Khulekile“Has prayed; one who has prayed.”Zulufemale→︎03Khululekile“Free; liberated.”Zuluany→︎04Khululiwe“Freed, released, or liberated.”Zulufemale→︎