Before Swahili took roots in Tanzania, almost all the locals used to use colonizer’s name according to their religions and their tribes’ names.
Tanzanian Christians took names from European colonizers and Tanzanian Muslims took the names from Arabs.
But after Swahili started to take roots in almost every area of Tanzanian, some Tanzanian Christians and Muslims started to form their names direct from a developing Swahili language.
Here are some recent popular Swahili names:
Rehema = Mercies
Neema = Grace
Furaha = Happiness
Tumaini = Hope
Faraja = Comfort
Upendo = Love
Pendo = Love
Zawadi = Gift
Bahati = Luck
Baraka = Blessing
Elifuraha = God’s Happiness
Elinipa = God gave me
Riziki = An Earning ( eg money )
Elisifa = God’s praise
Emmanuel- God with us
Amani = Peace
Elibariki = God bless
Imani = Faith
Sifaeli = God’s praise
Asifiwe = Let him be praise.
Subira = Patience
Hekima = Wisdom
Jasiri = Valiant/Brave person
Thamani = Precious
Shaibu = Elder
Sikujua = I never knew it was so
Sikudhani = Never thought it was so
Jumanne = Tuesday.
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