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my daughters name is nazeala i heard it used in africa but im trying to find the real meaning and correct spelling. we are black and i got the name off of an episode of living single and the girl with the name was caucasian but had an accent that soanded to be affrikkan.my middle name is anana aisha liani and i cant find them here either it supposed to be swahili.
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What country were you in in Africa when you heard this name? What were the circumstances where you heard it? And how do you pronounce it?
Having reread your post again, I guess I'm a bit confused. Having "heard it used in Africa" doesn't seem to be the same thing at all to me as "got the name off of an episode of _Living Single_". Was the episode set in Africa?
There are quite a few Swahili words which have become names in the African-American community but which are not used as names in the East African countries where Swahili is an everyday language. According to an online Swahili-English dictionary, "anana" is an adjective in Swahili meaning "soft, gentle, mild", but that doesn't mean it is used as a name in Africa -- or that the Swahili word is really the origin of the name your parents found. Do you know exactly where the found it?
http://africanlanguages.com/swahili/
Having reread your post again, I guess I'm a bit confused. Having "heard it used in Africa" doesn't seem to be the same thing at all to me as "got the name off of an episode of _Living Single_". Was the episode set in Africa?
There are quite a few Swahili words which have become names in the African-American community but which are not used as names in the East African countries where Swahili is an everyday language. According to an online Swahili-English dictionary, "anana" is an adjective in Swahili meaning "soft, gentle, mild", but that doesn't mean it is used as a name in Africa -- or that the Swahili word is really the origin of the name your parents found. Do you know exactly where the found it?
http://africanlanguages.com/swahili/
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Anana is a genus of pineapple. I don't know about its usage as a human name though. Liani is a Spanish variant of Elaina meaning daughter of the sun.
Nazeala could just be a made up name.
Nazeala could just be a made up name.
This message was edited 2/3/2008, 12:44 PM
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