Baby name

STABLE GIRL · KIKUYU (KENYA)
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Wangui

/wahn · GOO · ee/


“Beans”

Kikuyu feminine name from Kenya, one of the nine daughters of Mumbi in Kikuyu origin mythology. Associated with the Kikuyu word ngui meaning 'beans' or alternatively interpreted as 'she who sings' or 'of firewood'.

wang · gui · gu

timelessresonant

How it ages.

Contemporary Kenyan Kikuyu name; cultural identity.

The cultural moment.

Steady use in Kenya among Kikuyu families.