given name · isiXhosa
Nombulelo
An isiXhosa given name, given to women.
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Gratitude; thanksgiving; with thanks.
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Means "gratitude" in Xhosa.
Behind the Name
How The Word Is Built
- no- the isiXhosa and isiZulu feminine prefix, the part that marks the name as a woman's. Written nom- before a stem beginning in b or m. Behind the Name
- -bulelo from bulela, to thank, by way of the noun umbulelo, thanks. Neither word is recorded by any source in this corpus.
Where The Word Comes From
A woman's name built on thanks. The prefix is attested here; the root is the brief's own and is not recorded by any source this corpus holds. Behind the Name
Every other thanks-name in this corpus is built on a different root, bonga, and sits in the isiZulu file: Bongani, Siyabonga, Nokubonga. Behind the Name
How The Name Is Given
Given to women, as thanks for a birth.
Where This Came From
- Research briefs on twenty Nguni given names, supplied one at a time on 1 October 2026: Ntando, Nothando, Babalwa, Nomanqoba, Musawenkosi, Nomvelo, Thubelihle, Nombulelo, Nobubele, Nozithelo, Nonjabulo, Melusi, Mlondi, Thandoluhle, Thingoluhle, Methembe, Mthandazo, Nompilo, Mehluli. Not every name is in every file; the language each brief named decides where it is filed. supplied to this corpus by Themba, 1 October 2026 View source
- Xhosa Submitted Names Behind the Name (behindthename.com) View source
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