Boy name Mandinka origin Traditional tradition

Kunta

KOON-tah · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Bald or short.
Language
Mandinka
Culture
Mandinka/West African
Religion
Traditional
Style era
classic
Themes
virtue
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Popularity over time

2000 rank#9793
2000 births6
Peak year1977
First appeared1977
Total US births303
1977 peak19771983198919942000
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Alternate spellings
Kounta

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Notable people named Kunta

Kunta Kinte was a real ancestor in The Gambia