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Mabutho

/ma-BOO-toh/Xhosa & Zulu · a boy’s name

“Regiments; troops; warriors.”

In Xhosa

How to say it
ma-BOO-toh
Given to
Boys
Used in
South Africa
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Mabutho

Nicknames & short forms

Butho

In Zulu

How to say it
mah-BOO-taw
Given to
Boys
Used in
South Africa
How common
common · also a surname