Given name
Jabulani
“filled with happiness”
Jabulani is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jabulani through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 28 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1978.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jabulani’s family of names
Jabulani has a related form in Jabulanea. Jabulani has a related form in Jabulanee. Jabulani has a related form in Jabulaney.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Jabulani
- Jabulani Adatus NxumaloSouth African Catholic prelate (born 1944
- Jabulani Mabuzapolitician in Eswatiniborn 1972
- Jabs NewbyCanadian professional basketball playerborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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