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Lungile

/LOON-gee-leh/Xhosa & Zulu · a boy or girl’s name

“Good, well behaved, and upright”

In Xhosa

How to say it
LOON-gee-leh
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
very common

From the same family

01Lunga“Good, upright, and on the right path”Xhosamale→︎02Lungelo“What is right; justice”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-GEE-leh
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
common

From the same family

01Lungelo“Privilege, rightful place, and what is just”Zuluany→︎02Lungiswa“Prepared, restored, and set right”Zulufemale→︎