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I found a whole bunch of names in South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique and Botswana that are not on the list of names.
https://forebears.io/lesotho/forenames
https://forebears.io/namibia/forenames
https://forebears.io/south-africa/forenames
https://forebears.io/botswana/forenames
https://forebears.io/lesotho/forenames
https://forebears.io/namibia/forenames
https://forebears.io/south-africa/forenames
https://forebears.io/botswana/forenames
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Not clear if these are names in use by the entire population, or by a specific though unspecified age group.
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I think that the younger generations of South Africans use these names more than the older generations. It did say that the names were used in 2014 in the forebears websites.
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To be fair, not all of the younger generations in South Africa use these names. They just as often use the Biblical and other culture names.
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Keep in mind that South Africa is very racially and linguistically diverse, and different names are used by different segments of the population. You probably wouldn't see a Zulu or Xhosa speaker naming their kid Charlize or an Afrikaans speaker naming their kid Mbali.
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That's also correct. Not gonna lie.
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