Entry № 7578 · Zulu origin

Nomvula Nomvula — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ nohm-VOO-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Zulu
Meaning
"Mother of rain"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "mother of rain".

Nomvula means mother of rain, or one born during the rains — a blessing in a dry land. It carries life and abundance.

Mother of rain — a Zulu name.

The name in its native script.

Nomvula
Transliteration
Nomvula
Pronunciation
/ nomˈvu.la /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nomvula stands.

Nomvula does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Nomvulas before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Nomvula.

The number behind Nomvula.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nomvula reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.