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Shukuru

/shoo-KOO-roo/Swahili · a boy or girl’s name

“Thankful and grateful”

How to say it
shoo-KOO-roo
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

ShukuruShukur

From the same family

01Shukrani“A child welcomed with deep gratitude and thankfulness.”Swahiliany→︎02Shukri“A reminder to live with gratitude”Swahiliany→︎