Xolani: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “peace”
- Origin
- Unknown
- Say it
- zoh-LAH-nee · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Girls (93% of all uses)
Used in southern Africa, especially in Nguni languages such as Zulu/Xhosa, with the sense 'peace.' Because the allowed root list lacks Zulu/Xhosa, root is marked Unknown.
How popular is Xolani?
Babies named Xolani in 2024217
2024 rank#1,152 girls
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 1880896
Xolani is rising: use over the last five years is 19.4× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Xolani
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
- Avauncertain; possibly bird or life · Unknown
- Mayauncertain; often illusion or water · Unknown
- Ailanyuncertain · Unknown
- Alanauncertain; often linked to little rock or handsome · Unknown
- Leiauncertain; often used as a form of Leah · Unknown
- Londonfrom London, place name · Unknown
- Nayeliuncertain; often said to mean I love you · Unknown
- Elorauncertain; perhaps from Eliora or Laura · Unknown
Xolani questions
What does the name Xolani mean?
Xolani means "peace". It comes from Unknown. Used in southern Africa, especially in Nguni languages such as Zulu/Xhosa, with the sense 'peace.' Because the allowed root list lacks Zulu/Xhosa, root is marked Unknown.
Is Xolani a boy or girl name?
Xolani is mainly a girl's name in US records (93% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Xolani?
217 US babies were named Xolani in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Xolani?
Xolani is usually pronounced zoh-LAH-nee.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.