Boy name Zulu origin Christian tradition

Themba

TEM-bah · 6 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Trust; hope
Language
Zulu
Culture
Zulu/South African
Religion
Christian
Style era
modern
Themes
virtue · hope
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Popularity over time

1996 rank#10393
1996 births5
Peak year1996
First appeared1996
Total US births5
1996 peak19961996199619961996
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Them
Alternate spellings
ThembahTembah
In other languages
Themba (Zulu)

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