Thulisile:

  • Meaning: Be quiet.
  • Notable Individual: Thulisile Phongolo – South African actress.

Irene:

  • Meaning: Peace.
  • Notable Individual: Irene Cara – American singer and actress.

Lorraine:

  • Meaning: From the province of Lorraine.
  • Notable Individual: Lorraine Hansberry – American playwright and writer.

Mirriam:

  • Meaning: Bitterness.
  • Notable Individual: Mirriam Ngomani – South African actress.

Petros:

  • Meaning: Rock.
  • Notable Individual: Petros Mafukidze – Zimbabwean footballer.

Gugu:

  • Meaning: Our precious one.
  • Notable Individual: Gugu Mbatha-Raw – British actress.

Lawrence:

  • Meaning: Laurel.
  • Notable Individual: Lawrence Fishburne – American actor.

Benjamin:

  • Meaning: Son of the right hand.
  • Notable Individual: Benjamin Franklin – American statesman and inventor.

Sizwe:

  • Meaning: Nation.
  • Notable Individual: Sizwe Motaung – South African soccer player.

Cecilia:

  • Meaning: Blind.
  • Notable Individual: Cecilia Bartoli – Italian opera singer.

Nicholas:

  • Meaning: Victory of the people.
  • Notable Individual: Nicholas Cage – American actor.

Nicolaas:

  • Meaning: Victory of the people.
  • Notable Individual: Nicolaas van Rensburg – South African prophet and Afrikaner nationalist.