Imani
See also: imani
English
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Swahili, from imani (“faith, belief”), from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɑni/
Proper noun
editImani
- A female given name from Swahili
Etymology 2
editProper noun
editImani (plural Imanis)
- A surname from Persian.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Imani is the 39164th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 562 individuals. Imani is most common among White (51.07%), Black/African American (29.36%) and Mixed Race (10.85%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Imani”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 227.
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms borrowed from Swahili
- English terms derived from Swahili
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root ء م ن
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Swahili
- English terms borrowed from Persian
- English terms derived from Persian
- English surnames
- English surnames from Persian