Beautiful Kikuyu Names for Girls and Their Meanings
Wangari Maathai - A Kikuyu Nobel laureate - wikimedia commons The daughters of Mumbi According to the Myth of Origin, God made Gĩkũyũ and placed him near Mount Kenya at a place called Mũkũrwe wa Gathanga God saw that he was lonely and gave him a wife, Mũmbi. Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi were blessed with nine daughters, but no sons. The daughters’ names, arranged from the eldest to the youngest were as follows: Wanjirũ, Wambũi, Njeri, Wanjikũ, Nyambũra, Wairimũ, Waithĩra, Wangarĩ, and the last one was Wangũi. These are the founders of the nine clans of the Kikuyu. The nine clans are listed bbelow,besides the name of the founder: Wanjirũ -Anjirũ Wambũi - Ambũi Njeri - Aceera Wanjikũ - Anjiku Nyambura - Ambura or Ethaga Wairimũ - Airimũ or Agathigia or Aicakamũyũ Waithĩ ra - Athirandũ Wangarĩ - Angarĩ or Aithe-Kahuno Wangũi - Angũi or Aithiegeni There was a tenth daughter who according to trad...