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Liyanda

/lee-YAHN-dah/Xhosa & Zulu · a boy or girl’s name

“It is growing; it is increasing.”

In Xhosa

How to say it
lee-YAHN-dah
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
common

From the same family

01Liyabona“It sees; it will see.”Xhosaany→︎

In Zulu

How to say it
lee-YAN-dah
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
common