Where does the name Zuri come from?

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

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

Zuri is usually given to girls.

Swahili name

means "Beautiful"

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

Zuri shares its root with nzuri (good, fine), one of the first replies children learn to the greeting "Habari?"

ZOO-ree

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 Zuri mean?: Zuri is a Swahili name meaning "Beautiful". Zuri shares its root with nzuri (good, fine), one of the first replies children learn to the greeting "Habari?"
How do you pronounce Zuri?: Say it ZOO-ree. The part in capitals is stressed.
Where does the name Zuri come from?: Zuri is a Bantu-Swahili name. It comes from Swahili's own Bantu (African) roots.
Is Zuri a girl's or a boy's name?: Zuri is usually given to girls.

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.