Forename Mandela

Worldwide, Mandela (Mandela , مانديلا , מנדלה ) is a common principally boy's, but scarcely female given name. The first name Mandela is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Tanzania, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Namibia, and Cameroon, where it is quite a rare mostly male, but seldom girly name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Tanzania, Nigeria, and Sudan. Likewise, Mandela is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Mandela

name مانديلا, name Mandèla, name มานหมัด, name 满德拉, name Mandéla, name Мандела, name Нельсон, name מנדלה, name Mandela, name Mándela, name ماندلا

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Mandela	Tanzania, Kenya, India, Indonesia, Nigeria
مانديلا	Libya, Sudan, Egypt
מנדלה	Israel
Мандела	Ukraine

First names said to be same

Mandèla, Mandéla, Mándela, Нельсон, ماندلا, มานหมัด, and 满德拉

First name Mandela in the context

Mandela is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Nelson Muntz , the fictional character from The Simpsons franchise.

Notable namesakes

	zindzi mandela South African diplomat and poet, ZA (b. 1960)
	ndaba mandela South African author and entrepreneur, and grandson of Nelson Mandela, ZA (b. 1982)
	mandela barnes American politician, US (b. 1986)
	makgatho mandela South African lawyer, ZA (b. 1950)
	mandela fernández-grandon researcher
	mandela kapere Namibian politician, NA
	mandela wee wee Dutch actor, NL (b. 1983)
	ocansey mandela Burkinabé footballer, BF (b. 1990)
	mandela van peebles American actor, US (b. 1994)
	mandela egbo English footballer, GB (b. 1997)
	bambatha mandela (b. 1989)
	mandela keita Belgian footballer, BE
	mandela thomas young (born 2008)