Wangui
Wangũi
/wahn-GOO-ee/
“A traditional ancestral daughter-name, honoring Wangui, one of the daughters of Gikuyu and Mumbi.”
- How to say it
- wahn-GOO-ee
- Traditional Kikuyu spelling
- Wangũi
- Used in
- Kenya
- How common
- common · also a surname
Every way to write it
The name & its alternative spellings
WanguiWangũi
Nicknames & short forms
Gui
From the same family
01Wangari“Leopard; a strong, courageous and capable woman”→︎02Wangechi“A spelling variant of Wangeci, a Kikuyu female name traditionally associated with locusts and, by extension, birth during a locust season.”→︎03Wangeci“Associated with locusts, traditionally recalling the time or circumstances surrounding a child’s birth”→︎04Wangendo“A traditional Kikuyu name carried through generations — its exact literal meaning isn't recorded, which is part of its story”→︎05Wangombe“A Kikuyu male personal/family name associated with ng’ombe, “cattle/cow.””→︎