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Makhanda

/mah-KHAN-dah/Xhosa · a boy’s name

A historic Xhosa personal name, especially that of Makhanda (Nxele), an early nineteenth-century Xhosa spiritual and military leader.

How to say it
mah-KHAN-dah
Given to
Boys
Used in
South Africa
How common
rare · also a surname

From the same family