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These would be women aged from late teens to early thirties. I don’t know any African languages, so the meanings I’ve given are from internet searches. Xhosa and Zulu, and also Sindebele, are Nguni languages and so is Sesotho, but in a different group. The names I haven’t given meanings for are English and Afrikaans. Many Afrikaans names are formed from two names, usually those of the grandparents; Eliz-Marie and Marizanne are examples. Mieke is a diminutive form of Marie (Marietjie), as Anneke is of Anna. I think Sune, pronounced sooNAY, is a contraction of Susanna.
Laura
Anneke
Tazmin
Nadine
Annerie
Ayanda – Nguni, meaning To increase
Sinalo – Xhosa, meaning We have hope
Sune
Nonkululeko – Zulu, meaning She brings freedom
Chloe
Eliz-Marie
Tumi – Sesotho, meaning Be happy
Nondumiso – Nguni, meaning One who brings praise
Faye
Mieke
Lara
Marizanne
Ayabonga – Nguni, meaning Give thanks/Be grateful
Masabata – Sesotho, meaning Born on the Sabbath