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Makhaya

/mah-KHAH-yah/Xhosa · a boy’s name

“Home; at home; belonging to the home.”

How to say it: mah-KHAH-yah
Given to: Boys
Used in: South Africa
How common: uncommon · also a surname

From the same family

01Makhanda“A historic Xhosa personal name, especially that of Makhanda (Nxele), an early nineteenth-century Xhosa spiritual and military leader.”Xhosamale→︎02Makhosazana“Princesses or young women of chiefly dignity”Xhosafemale→︎