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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 Swahili and it is also predominantly used in Swahili. The meaning of Amani 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 2004, 0.023% of baby girls were named Amani. It was #600 in rank then. In 2007, it ranked at #656 with a usage of 0.021%, and it was the most regularly used within all girl names in its family. Baby names that sound like Amani include the Arabic Aamina, the Basque and Spanish Ainhoa, the English Aiyana, the English Allonia, the Basque and Spanish Amaia, the Basque Amaya, the Arabic Ameena, the English Amiee, the Arabic Amina, the Arabic Aminah, the English Amya, the Spanish Anahi, the Czech and Italian Anina, the English Aniya, the English Aniyah, the Finnish Anniina, the German Annina, the English Imani, the Romanian and Slavic Ioana, the English and Scottish Iona, the Irish Aine, the Arabic Aman, the English Ami, the English Amie, the English Ammie, the English Amye, the Portuguese and Spanish Ana, the French Anais, the French Anaïs, the Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic Anna, the English Annah, the English Annie, the Polish Anny, the Estonian and Finnish Anu, the English Ayanna, the Hawaiian Henoheno, the Arabic Iman, the Greek Ioanna, the Lithuanian Ona, the Scandinavian Ane, the English Ann, the English, French, and German Anne, the Finnish Aune, and the Scandinavian Unn. 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)"
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