What does the name Bahati mean?

Bahati is a Swahili name meaning "Luck, fortune". Bahati means luck, and you'll hear it in the everyday good wish "bahati njema" (good luck).

Where does the name Bahati come from?

Bahati is a borrowed (trade-route) name. It came into Swahili from another language along the Indian Ocean trade routes.

Bahati is given to both girls and boys.

Swahili name

means "Luck, fortune"

Bahati is a Swahili name meaning "Luck, fortune". It came into Swahili from another language along the Indian Ocean trade routes.

Bahati means luck, and you'll hear it in the everyday good wish "bahati njema" (good luck).

bah-HAH-tee

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 Bahati mean?: Bahati is a Swahili name meaning "Luck, fortune". Bahati means luck, and you'll hear it in the everyday good wish "bahati njema" (good luck).
How do you pronounce Bahati?: Say it bah-HAH-tee. The part in capitals is stressed.
Where does the name Bahati come from?: Bahati is a borrowed (trade-route) name. It came into Swahili from another language along the Indian Ocean trade routes.
Is Bahati a girl's or a boy's name?: Bahati 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.