Entry № 7570 · Zulu origin

Nokwazi Nokwazi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ noh-KWAH-zee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Zulu
Meaning
"One of knowledge"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "one of knowledge".

Nokwazi means one of knowledge and understanding — a wise, learned spirit. It carries insight and grace.

One of knowledge — a Zulu name.

The name in its native script.

Nokwazi
Transliteration
Nokwazi
Pronunciation
/ noˈkwa.zi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nokwazi stands.

Nokwazi 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.

Nokwazis before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Nokwazi.

The number behind Nokwazi.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nokwazi reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.