Imani - Meaning of Imani

What does Imani mean?

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Imani

[ 3 syll. i-ma-ni, im-ani ] The baby boy name Imani is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is iy-MAA-Niy- †. Imani is of various origins.

Imani is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. Imani has in the past century been predominantly given to girls.

Baby names that sound like Imani include Iaene, Iaon (Welsh), Effeom, Ewon, Ioane, Iaen, Iahn, Iain (Scottish and English), Iaine, Iane, Iann (English and Scottish), Iayn, Ihsin, Iin, Im, Imam (Arabic), Iman (Arabic and Urdu), Inah, Inay, and Ine.

† English pronunciation for Imani: IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"