Pemba

Meaning

born on Saturday, from the Tibetan day-name system that also gives Nima, Dawa and Pasang; a proud marker of Sherpa heritage in the large Himalayan community centered in Queens, New York

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Pemba has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Names that fit alongside Pemba

Nima Davi Pekka Jorge Hamza Daniel

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Pemba truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Pemba fits with your family’s names and surname.

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