Where does the name Amani come from?

Amani is an Arabic-origin name. It came into Swahili from Arabic.

Is Amani a girl's or a boy's name?

Amani is given to both girls and boys.

Swahili name

means "Peace"

Amani is a Swahili name meaning "Peace". It came into Swahili from Arabic.

Amani means peace, a name given to both girls and boys across East Africa and the diaspora.

ah-MAH-nee

The part in capitals is stressed. In Swahili, every vowel is its own sound, and the stress usually falls on the second-to-last syllable.

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What does the name Amani mean?: Amani is a Swahili name meaning "Peace". Amani means peace, a name given to both girls and boys across East Africa and the diaspora.
How do you pronounce Amani?: Say it ah-MAH-nee. The part in capitals is stressed.
Where does the name Amani come from?: Amani is an Arabic-origin name. It came into Swahili from Arabic.
Is Amani a girl's or a boy's name?: Amani is given to both girls and boys.

Bantu-Swahili: Swahili is a Bantu language, part of a large family of African languages. Bantu-Swahili names come from that original African core of the language.
Arabic-origin: Centuries of trade and contact along the East African coast brought many Arabic words and names into Swahili. They are now fully at home in Swahili-speaking families.
Borrowed (trade-route): Swahili also borrowed words from other languages its speakers met through trade across the Indian Ocean.