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Phakama

/pah-KAH-mah/Xhosa · a boy’s name

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How to say it
pah-KAH-mah
Given to
Boys
Used in
South Africa
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Phakama

Nicknames & short forms

Phaka

From the same family