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Ssekatawa

/seh-ka-TA-wa/Luganda · a boy’s name

“An attested Ganda male personal and family name. Its precise traditional lexical derivation is not securely documented.”

How to say it
seh-ka-TA-wa
Given to
Boys
Used in
Uganda
How common
uncommon · also a surname

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Ssekatawa

Nicknames & short forms

Katawa

From the same family

01Ssekabembe“A traditional Baganda personal and clan-associated name”Lugandamale→︎02Ssekajja“A traditional Luganda name carried through generations — its exact literal meaning isn't recorded, which is part of its story”Lugandamale→︎03Ssekamaanya“An attested Ganda male name. The element amaanyi/maanya is associated with strength or power, not specifically with wisdom or sound judgment.”Lugandamale→︎04Ssekandi“A traditional Luganda name carried through generations — its exact literal meaning isn't recorded, which is part of its story”Lugandamale→︎05Ssekiganda“A traditional Luganda name carried through generations — its exact literal meaning isn't recorded, which is part of its story”Lugandamale→︎06Ssekikubo“An attested Ganda male name. Kubo means “path” or “way” in Luganda, but the full personal name does not have a securely established gloss of “a person associated with a path.””Lugandamale→︎07Ssekirime“A traditional Luganda name carried through generations — its exact literal meaning isn't recorded, which is part of its story”Lugandamale→︎08Ssekisambu“A traditional Luganda name carried through generations — its exact literal meaning isn't recorded, which is part of its story”Lugandamale→︎09Ssekitooleko“A recognized Baganda personal and family name; its traditional etymology is not securely documented.”Lugandamale→︎10Ssekiziyivu“A traditional Luganda name carried through generations — its exact literal meaning isn't recorded, which is part of its story”Lugandamale→︎11Ssekuuma“An attested Ganda male name associated with the Luganda verb kuuma, “to guard, keep, or protect.””Lugandamale→︎12Ssekyanzi“A traditional Luganda name carried through generations — its exact literal meaning isn't recorded, which is part of its story”Lugandamale→︎