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Yamkela

/yahm-KEH-lah/Xhosa & Zulu · a boy or girl’s name

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In Xhosa

How to say it
yahm-KEH-lah
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Yamkela

Nicknames & short forms

Yami

From the same family

In Zulu

How to say it
yam-KEH-lah
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Yamkela

Nicknames & short forms

Yami