Given name

Thabo

“filled with happiness”

Thabo 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.

How it developed

From Bantu thaba.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Sibling ideas

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