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Nokhanya

/no-KHAHN-yah/Xhosa · a girl’s name

“Mother of light.”

How to say it
no-KHAHN-yah
Given to
Girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
uncommon

From the same family

01Nokhwezi“Mother of the morning star.”Xhosafemale→︎