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 [ syll. a-ma-ni, am-ani ] The girl name Amani is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced ahMAANiy KEY. 1: Amani is of Arabic origin and it is also used mainly in Arabic. The meaning of Amani is 'wishes, aspirations'. 2: Amani's language of origin is African-Swahili and it is predominantly used in Swahili. Here, the meaning is 'peace'. In the USA, the name is well used by Afro Americans. See also the related form, the Arabic Aman. Amani is a rather popular baby girl name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the modest height of its usage in 2008, 0.025% of baby girls were named Amani. It was #583 in rank then. Within all girl names in its family, Amani was the most regularly used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Amani include the Arabic Aamina, the Basque and Spanish Ainhoa, the Swahili and English Aiyana, the English Allonia, the Basque and Spanish Amaia, the Hebrew Amana, the name Amaui, the Basque and Japanese Amaya, the Arabic Ameena, the English Amiee, the Arabic Amina, the Arabic Aminah, the English Amya, the Spanish Anahi, the Greek Anemone, the Indian Anima, the Czech and Italian Anina, the English Aniya, the English Aniyah, and the Finnish Anniina. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Amani: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
