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11/14/2023, 4:35 PM SeaHorse15
4/24/2018, 8:34 AM Evil
7/1/2016, 3:10 PM lilolaf

Name Yohance
Gender Masculine
Usage African American (Rare), Hausa (?)
Pronounced Pron. yo-HAHN-seh(African American)
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Meaning & History

Used by American comedian, writer and civil rights activist Dick Gregory for his son born 1973. According to a 1973 issue of Jet magazine, Gregory and his wife Lillian found the name in a book called Names from Africa, and Yohance 'means "God's gift" in the Hausa language of Nigeria.'
Added 7/1/2016 by lilolaf