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Njeri Njeri — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ nuh-JEH-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Kikuyu (Lupita Nyong'o middle name)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Kikuyu)

A name that means "kikuyu (lupita nyong'o middle name)".

Njeri is from the Kikuyu Njeri — meaning traveler, one who is associated with the warriors — one of the nine daughters of the Kikuyu founding ancestors Gikuyu and Mumbi. Njeri is one of the Kikuyu feminine clan names — central to traditional Kikuyu cultural heritage.

Kikuyu traveler / warrior associate (Kenyan).

The name in its native script.

Njeri
Transliteration
Njeri
Pronunciation
/ nəˈdʒɛ.ri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Njeri stands.

Njeri does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Njeris before her.

Real people

In fiction
Njeri
Kikuyu founding ancestor daughter.

Names connected to Njeri.

The number behind Njeri.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Njeri reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.