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Lungelo

/loon-GEH-loh/Xhosa & Zulu · a boy or girl’s name

“What is right; justice”

In Xhosa

How to say it
loon-GEH-loh
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Lungelo

Nicknames & short forms

Lungi

From the same family

01Lunga“Good, upright, and on the right path”Xhosamale→︎02Lungile“Good, well behaved, and upright”Xhosaany→︎03Lungisa“To put right, repair, fix, or prepare.”Xhosamale→︎04Lungiswa“She has been put right or prepared”Xhosafemale→︎

In Zulu

How to say it
loon-GEH-loh
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
common

From the same family

01Lungile“Good, right, and virtuous”Zuluany→︎02Lungiswa“Prepared, restored, and set right”Zulufemale→︎