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Zama

/ZAH-mah/Zulu · a boy or girl’s name

“Try; make an effort.”

How to say it
ZAH-mah
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
common

From the same family

01Zamani“Try (plural); make an effort.”Zulumale→︎02Zamantungwa“A historic Zulu female personal name, conventionally understood as referring to striving for the Ntungwa/Zulu people.”Zulufemale→︎