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Vusile

/voo-SEE-leh/Xhosa & Zulu · a boy’s name

“Has awakened; has risen.”

In Xhosa

How to say it
voo-SEE-leh
Given to
Boys
Used in
South Africa
How common
uncommon

From the same family

01Vusindiso“Salvation; deliverance.”Xhosamale→︎02Vusizwe“Awaken or revive the nation.”Xhosamale→︎

In Zulu

How to say it
voo-SEE-leh
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
common

From the same family

01Vusisiwe“She has been blessed.”Zulufemale→︎02Vusizwe“Revive the people and carry the family’s future forward”Zulumale→︎