Zulu Surnames & Their Meanings
Zulu surnames and clan names with their origins and meanings. · 63 surnames · indicative and sometimes contested
ZuluBantwiniZulu clan name in the Lamula group.→ZuluBhenguZulu clan name associated with the Dlamini group.→ZuluButheleziZulu clan name; praises include Shenge and Mnyamana.→ZuluCeleZulu clan name; praises include Ndosi, Magaya, Vico.→ZuluDlaminiMajor Nguni clan name associated with royalty.→ZuluDubandlelaZulu praise name of the Cele clan.→ZuluDubeZulu clan name; izithakazelo associated with the zebra.→ZuluGatsheniZulu praise name associated with the Ndlovu clan.→ZuluGumedeZulu origin; sense of "to finish what you have started.".→ZuluHadebeA documented Zulu clan name (Hlubi lineage).→ZuluHlabisaMeans "to calm down".→ZuluHlatshwayoMeans "the stabbed one".→ZuluHlongwaA documented Zulu clan name.→ZuluHlongwaneZulu clan name associated with the Dlamini group.→ZuluKhabazelaZulu praise name of the Mkhize clan.→ZuluKhanyileA Zulu clan name.→ZuluKhozaA Nguni clan name (also Khoza/Nkosi lineage).→ZuluLamulaZulu clan name (Zinyane, Mpangazitha, Bantwini lineage).→ZuluMabasoZulu clan name with praise "Ndabezitha".→ZuluMadlalaA documented Zulu clan name.→ZuluMagayaZulu praise name of the Cele clan.→ZuluManziniZulu praise name of the Zungu clan.→ZuluMavusoZulu clan name associated with the Dlamini group.→ZuluMazibukoMeans "one who overcomes obstacles".→ZuluMbathaMeans "to cover/protect"; Ndabezitha clan lineage.→ZuluMchunuA Zulu clan name.→ZuluMhlongoA Zulu clan name.→ZuluMkhatshwaZulu clan name linked to the Nxumalo lineage.→ZuluMkhizeZulu clan name (Gubhela, Khabazela, Gcwabe lineage).→ZuluMkhwanaziA Zulu clan name.→ZuluMlabaZulu clan name linked to the Nxumalo lineage.→ZuluMlangeniZulu praise name of the Dlamini clan.→ZuluMngomezuluSuggests "greater than the ancestors".→ZuluMnguniAncestral Nguni clan name.→ZuluMpangazithaZulu clan name in the Lamula group.→ZuluMthembuZulu clan name; linked to inviting cattle into the kraal (wealth).→ZuluMthethwaZulu clan name associated with "the one who rules.".→ZuluMtshaliZulu clan name with praise "Magalela".→ZuluNdlovuMeans "elephant"; clan totem symbolizing strength and wisdom.→ZuluNdwandweZulu clan name linked to the Nxumalo lineage.→ZuluNgcoboA major Zulu clan name (Mkhize-related lineage).→ZuluNgubaneA documented Zulu clan name.→ZuluNkosiNguni/Zulu word for "king" or "lord".→ZuluNtshangaseA Zulu clan name associated with the Mkhize group.→ZuluNtuliA Zulu clan name.→ZuluNxumaloZulu clan name (Ndwandwe, Mlaba, Mkhatshwa lineage).→ZuluPhakathiMeans "within" or "between".→ZuluPhungasheZulu praise name of the Buthelezi clan.→ZuluRadebeA Nguni (Hlubi) clan name.→ZuluShabalalaVariant of Tshabalala; a Zulu clan name.→ZuluShengeZulu praise name of the Buthelezi clan.→ZuluSibalukhuluZulu praise name of the Dlamini clan.→ZuluSibiyaA documented Zulu clan name.→ZuluSitholeFrom Zulu isithole, meaning "heifer".→ZuluTshabalalaZulu clan meaning "to disappear"; clan praise Mshengu.→ZuluVilakaziA Zulu clan name.→ZuluXabaA Zulu clan name.→ZuluXuluA Zulu clan name.→ZuluZondiA centuries-old Zulu clan name.→ZuluZuluSurname of the Zulu royal house and nation.→ZuluZumaA Zulu clan name.→ZuluZunguZulu clan name (Manzini lineage).→ZuluZwaneA documented Zulu clan name.→