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Mbalenhle

/m-bah-lehn-HLEH/Xhosa & Zulu · a girl’s name

“Beautiful flower.”

In Xhosa

How to say it
m-bah-lehn-HLEH
Given to
Girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Mbalenhle

Nicknames & short forms

Mbali

From the same family

01Mbali“A flower; a beautiful blossom”Xhosafemale→︎

In Zulu

How to say it
m-bah-lehn-HLEH
Given to
Girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Mbalenhle

Nicknames & short forms

Mbali

From the same family

01Mbali“Flower; beauty as it blooms”Zulufemale→︎