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Jelani

boy name · Swahili origin · 3 syllables

Meaning

mighty; a distinctive, virtue-rich favorite

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1970s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jelani peaked in the 1970s.

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