Entry № 7663 · Kikuyu origin

Nyambura Nyambura — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ nyam-BOO-rah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Kikuyu

Meaning

"The rains"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Kikuyu)

The meaning

A name that means "the rains".

Nyambura is one of the nine Kikuyu clan names — meaning "of the rains" or "born in the rainy season." Used widely in Kenya.

Nyambura is widely used in Kenya.

Of the rains. The Kikuyu clan.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Nyambura

Transliteration: Nyambura
Pronunciation: / njæmˈbuː.rə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Nyambura stands.

Nyambura 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.

Namesakes

Nyamburas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Nyambura

Heroine of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's The River Between.

1965 novel

Names connected to Nyambura.

Numerology

The number behind Nyambura.

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nyambura reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.