Given name

Yohani

Yohani is a masculine given name, probably from Swahili. It is used in Rwanda-Rundi.

Original SwahiliYohana

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Yohani probably comes from Swahili.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Probably from Swahili Yohana.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Yohani’s family of names

In Rwanda-Rundi usage, Yohani was borrowed from the Swahili form Yohana.

Walk Yohani’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Yohani, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Swahili

Hamidi

“one who is commendable”

No U.S. birth series

67% boys · 33% girls

Swahili

Zubeda

“the best one”

No U.S. birth series

65% boys · 35% girls

Swahili

Zanta

“a beautiful young woman”

No U.S. birth series

56% boys · 44% girls

Sibling ideas

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