Where does the name Moyo come from?

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

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

Moyo is given to both girls and boys.

Swahili name

means "Heart"

Moyo is a Swahili name meaning "Heart". It comes from Swahili's own Bantu (African) roots.

Moyo means heart, and Swahili speakers use it for feelings and courage as well as the heart itself.

MO-yo

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 Moyo mean?: Moyo is a Swahili name meaning "Heart". Moyo means heart, and Swahili speakers use it for feelings and courage as well as the heart itself.
How do you pronounce Moyo?: Say it MO-yo. The part in capitals is stressed.
Where does the name Moyo come from?: Moyo is a Bantu-Swahili name. It comes from Swahili's own Bantu (African) roots.
Is Moyo a girl's or a boy's name?: Moyo 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.