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Mgeni

/m-GEH-nee/Swahili · a boy’s name

““Guest,” “visitor,” or sometimes “stranger.””

How to say it
m-GEH-nee
Given to
Boys
Used in
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
How common
rare · also a surname