Thando
From Xhosa and Zulu uthando: "love".
Meaning and origin
Thando is simply the Xhosa and Zulu noun for "love", uthando, used on its own as a given name for either a boy or a girl.
How to pronounce Thando
| Xhosa (South Africa) | THAHN-doh /tʰando/ |
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