Shaka - Meaning of Shaka

What does Shaka mean?

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Shaka

[ 2 syll. (s)ha-ka, sh-aka ] The baby boy name Shaka is also used as a girl name. It is pronounced as -SHAA-Kaa- †. The origin of Shaka is the African-Zulu language. The name is of the meaning first, founder.

The name Shakah is a variant of Shaka.

See also the related category zulu.

Shaka is a rarely used baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Shaka include Sabba, Sabbah, Sacco (Dutch), Sacha (Russian and French), Sachey, Sachi, Sachiell, Sachy, Saeje, Saga, Sagaz, Sago, Sagwau, Sagwaw, Saha (Indian), Sahaj (Indian), Sahas, Sai, Saije, and Sajag.

† English pronunciation for Shaka: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"