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Khulile

/khoo-LEE-leh/Xhosa · a boy or girl’s name

“Has grown and flourished”

How to say it
khoo-LEE-leh
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
uncommon

From the same family

01Khulani“Grow; may you grow.”Xhosaany→︎02Khuliswa“Be raised/nurtured.”Xhosafemale→︎03Khululekani“Be free; be liberated.”Xhosaany→︎04Khululekile“Freedom, openness and a life unburdened”Xhosaany→︎05Khululiwe“She has been set free”Xhosafemale→︎06Khululwa“Be freed; be released.”Xhosafemale→︎