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Jelani - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jelani

[ syll. je-la-ni, jel-ani ] The boy name Jelani is pronounced JHehLAANiy KEY. Jelani's origin is African-Igbo, and its use, Igbo. The name Jelani means 'full of strength'.

Jelani is uncommon as a baby boy name. At the height of its usage in 1998, 0.007% of baby boys were named Jelani. It had a ranking of #932 then. The baby name has seen a drop in frequency since then, and is used only on a very modest scale today. Within all boy names in its family, Jelani was nevertheless the most regularly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Jelani include the English Jillian, the English Jolyon, the English, German, and Polish Julian, the Spanish Julián, the French Julien, the English Jalen, the English Jalon, the English Jaylan, the English Jaylen, the English Jaylin, the English Jaylon, the English Jillean, the name Jolon, and the Italian Giuliano.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Jelani: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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Meaning of Jelani