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Thobeka

/toh-BEH-kah/Xhosa & Zulu · a girl’s name

“Humble and respectful”

In Xhosa

How to say it
toh-BEH-kah
Given to
Girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
common

From the same family

01Thobekile“Humble, obedient, and respectful”Xhosaany→︎02Thobile“Humble; has become humble/submissive.”Xhosaany→︎

In Zulu

How to say it
toh-BEH-kah
Given to
Girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Thobeka

Nicknames & short forms

Thobi

From the same family

01Thobile“Humble; one who has become humble.”Zulufemale→︎