Boy Names of Swahili language or origin

Swahili names for baby boys, with 382 entries. Swahili is the language of Eastern and Central Africa, as beautiful as the landscapes of the countries themselves. Considered edgy and unique, Swahili names have periodically experienced spikes of popularity, such as when American Basketball star LeBron James named his daughter Zhuri, which is a spelling variation of Zuri, meaning ‘beautiful’.

Swahili names are somewhat popular baby names for boys. The names have been increasing in popularity since the 2010s. At the modest height of their usage in 2018, 0.036% of baby boys were given Swahili names. There were 3 Swahili names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. In 2018, within all Swahili names, the Arabic and Swahili Yusuf was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #567 and a usage of 0.0251%.