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Bakhita

/bah-KHEE-tah/Swahili · a girl’s name

Fortunate and blessed

How to say it
bah-KHEE-tah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

BakhitaBakhitah

Nicknames & short forms

Kita

From the same family