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Mbekezeli
/mbeh-keh-ZEH-lee/
Xhosa
· a boy’s name
“Patient one; one who perseveres.”
How to say it
mbeh-keh-ZEH-lee
Given to
Boys
Used in
South Africa
How common
uncommon