Given nameMasculine
Thabo
/TA-bo/
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Meaning
Joy, happiness.
Thabo is simply "joy" in Sesotho and Setswana: the happiness a child brings, made into a name. Its feminine companion is Thabang or Nthabiseng.
In the same family
- Lerato"Love", the most common Sesotho girl’s name.
Who carries it
Provenance
- generated: 2026-07-04
- source: Model-knowledge aggregation pass (2026-07-04); unverified, awaiting community affirmation.
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