Lindiwe Forename

6,386th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 164,756 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Lindiwe Forename User-submission:

The name Lindiwe means 'to be awaited' or 'to be protected'.

Lindiwe Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa
100%
146,7601:37213
Zimbabwe
 
99%
8,6891:1,775324
Swaziland-3,8701:33661
Malawi
100%
2,9611:5,779804
Botswana
100%
6591:3,315582
Lesotho
 
99%
5081:4,016617
England
100%
4151:133,9834,567
Saudi Arabia-4081:75,5218,273
Zambia-2411:65,7883,699
United States
100%
821:4,421,18357,395
Kuwait-381:99,6126,886
Namibia-361:66,7833,675
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
121:113,4527,514
Iceland-111:33,2742,039
Scotland-91:594,4857,010
Poland-91:4,225,2354,388
Brazil
100%
91:23,804,017218,524
United Arab Emirates-61:1,191,99940,353
Mozambique-41:6,810,8393,114
Germany
100%
31:32,225,95964,270
Australia-31:4,552,54130,048
Sweden
100%
31:3,285,96941,581
Canada-31:11,044,45776,719
Wales-21:1,547,15412,610
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Malaysia-11:30,449,940373,101
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
DR Congo-11:73,827,605146,761
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737

Lindiwe (380) may also be a surname.

Lindiwe Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The name Lindiwe means 'to be awaited' or 'to be protected'.

- hotspritis

The name Lindiwe means 'one who was waited for'.

- lindimogale

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