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Wambura

/wam-BOO-rah/Kikuyu · a girl’s name

“Born with the rain or associated with the rainy season”

How to say it
wam-BOO-rah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Kenya
How common
common · also a surname

From the same family

01Wambugu“A traditional Kikuyu name carried through generations — its exact literal meaning isn't recorded, which is part of its story”Kikuyumale→︎02Wambui“A traditional ancestral daughter-name, honoring Wambui, one of the daughters of Gikuyu and Mumbi.”Kikuyufemale→︎