Africa's Naming Traditions: South African Baby Names And Their Meanings Behind: Unique
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798471042179
- Pages
- 46
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-09-05
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Author
- Mauricio Duque
Description
South Africa boasts a variety of cultures, traditions, and languages, and parents often choose to name their children according to these distinctions. This book offers information on a large variety of South African baby names for girls and boys. This includes a mixture of traditional, popular, unique, and modern names from South Africa. Each name includes information on any known meaning and its traditional gender use.
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