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Fikile

/fee-KEE-leh/Xhosa & Zulu · a boy or girl’s name

“Has arrived.”

In Xhosa

How to say it
fee-KEE-leh
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Fikile

Nicknames & short forms

Fiki

From the same family

01Fikiswa“Has been brought; has been caused to arrive.”Xhosafemale→︎

In Zulu

How to say it
fee-KEE-leh
Given to
Girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
common

From the same family

01Fikiswa“Has been caused or brought to arrive.”Zuluany→︎