Girl · Swahili, from Arabic
Imani
Say it: ee-MAH-nee
Meaning
Swahili imani 'faith', from Arabic īmān.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Imani is the seventh principle of Kwanzaa, created in 1966, which spread the word as a name.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 25,989 babies given this name since 1970
- At its height in 1998, about 1 in 1,400 girls
- 606 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.