What does the name Kito mean?

Kito is a Swahili name meaning "Precious one, jewel". Kito means a precious stone or jewel, a loving way to say a child is treasured.

Where does the name Kito come from?

Kito is a Bantu-Swahili name. It comes from Swahili's own Bantu (African) roots.

Kito is given to both girls and boys.

Swahili name

means "Precious one, jewel"

Kito is a Swahili name meaning "Precious one, jewel". It comes from Swahili's own Bantu (African) roots.

Kito means a precious stone or jewel, a loving way to say a child is treasured.

KEE-to

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 Kito mean?: Kito is a Swahili name meaning "Precious one, jewel". Kito means a precious stone or jewel, a loving way to say a child is treasured.
How do you pronounce Kito?: Say it KEE-to. The part in capitals is stressed.
Where does the name Kito come from?: Kito is a Bantu-Swahili name. It comes from Swahili's own Bantu (African) roots.
Is Kito a girl's or a boy's name?: Kito 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.