Amani

Meaning of Amani

Amani, pronounced ah-MAH-nee, is a unisex given name that weaves Arabic, Swahili, and Persian threads into a single, quietly lustrous tapestry. In Arabic it embodies “wishes” or “aspirations,” while everyday Swahili speakers use it to mean “peace”—an enviable economy of language that manages diplomacy in three syllables. Persian poets, never shy of layered nuance, let the word hover between hope and calm, as though one candle could light two rooms at once. On the analytical front, Amani has jogged comfortably in the mid-hundreds of U.S. name rankings since the 1970s, landing at 526 in 2024—a steady performance that suggests enduring, if modest, popularity rather than headline-grabbing meteoric rises. Parents drawn to Amani often appreciate its cross-cultural harmony and the understated expectation that a child might grow into a serene realist—quietly ambitious, yet unlikely to startle the census taker.

Pronunciation

Swahili

• Pronunced as ah-MAH-nee (/ɑ.ma.ni/)

American English

• Pronunced as ah-MAH-nee (/ɑːˈmɑː.ni/)

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