Nigatu Forename

10,840th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 93,314 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Nigatu Forename User-submission:

It is a name, which is often given to a person born in time, when the night goes away and the morning comes. It means 'point of time when night starts to decrease and the sun starts to appear' in Amharic, Ethiopian official language.

The female version of the name is Negatua or Nigatua.

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Nigatu Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia
100%
93,2811:1,046177
United States-191:19,080,894157,882
Sudan-41:9,451,7446,661
India
50%
 
21:607,438,9864,324,298
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Canada-11:33,133,372113,810
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235

Nigatu (81,305) may also be a surname.

Nigatu Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It is a name, which is often given to a person born in time, when the night goes away and the morning comes. It means 'point of time when night starts to decrease and the sun starts to appear' in Amharic, Ethiopian official language.

The female version of the name is Negatua or Nigatua. Negatu is also often spelled Nigatu.

- negatu

Nigatu Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neigatu924/
Nigattu921/
Nigaytu921/
Nigahatu861/
Negatu8327,896/
Neggatu771/
Negathu771/
Negatuj771/
Negatuu771/
Neingotou671/
Negetu671/
Negetuh621/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nigatu