Tenoch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Nahuatl, Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Pronounced: te-NOCH
Personal remark: Nahuatl, Aztec and Toltec Mythology, used in modern day.
Possibly a combination of Nahuatl te- "stone" and nochtli "prickly-pear cactus fruit". This was the name of a possibly-legendary Aztec ruler, who is said to have led his people southward to found the city of Tenochtitlan.
Taraji
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American
Personal remark: Means "hope" in Swahili. It is not used as a name in Africa but was part of the Afrocentric African American naming culture of the 70s that borrowed from various African words.
Means "hope" in Swahili. It is a verb, not a noun, and means "to hope, to wish for". It is not used as a name in Africa but was part of the Afrocentric African American naming culture of the 70s that borrowed from various African words.
Penha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Pronounced: PEH-nyu(Brazilian Portuguese)
Personal remark: Brazilian Portuguese, derived from Portuguese penha "cliff, rock". Used in Native Brazilian rainforest tribes currently.
Derived from Portuguese penha "cliff, rock", usually used in reference to the title of the Virgin Mary Nossa Senhora da Penha.
Keawe
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: keh-A-veh
Personal remark: Hawaiian. Means "the strand" or "the wake of a ship,"
Means "the strand" or "the wake of a ship," from definite article ke and awe meaning "strand, thread, wake of a ship."