Where does the name Mwezi come from?

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

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

Mwezi is given to both girls and boys.

Swahili name

means "Moon"

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

Mwezi means both moon and month in Swahili, linking the name to the gentle rhythm of time.

MWEH-zee

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 Mwezi mean?: Mwezi is a Swahili name meaning "Moon". Mwezi means both moon and month in Swahili, linking the name to the gentle rhythm of time.
How do you pronounce Mwezi?: Say it MWEH-zee. The part in capitals is stressed.
Where does the name Mwezi come from?: Mwezi is a Bantu-Swahili name. It comes from Swahili's own Bantu (African) roots.
Is Mwezi a girl's or a boy's name?: Mwezi 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.