Forename Mandla

Throughout the world, Mandla (Mandla , Mandel , ماندلا ) is a common predominantly masculine, but scarcely girly forename. The forename Mandla is characteristic of South Africa, where it is quite a common male name, Saint Lucia, and Botswana. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in South Africa, India, and the United States. Likewise, Mandla is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Mandla is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Mandla

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Mandla	Germany, South Africa, Eswatini, United States, India
Mandel	Germany, South Africa, Poland, United States, India
ماندلا	Sudan

First names said to be same

Emandla, and Mandala

First name Mandla in the context

Mandla is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mandel Karlsson , the Swedish comic character, 91:an Karlsson.

Notable namesakes

	mandla makhanya faculty member
	mandla langa South African writer, ZA (b. 1950)
	mandla galo South African politician (b. 1962)
	mandla mofokeng South African musician, ZA (b. 1967)
	mandla ncikazi South African football manager and former player (b. 1969)
	mandla zwane South African footballer, ZA (b. 1973)
	mandla mandela South African politician, ZA (b. 1974)
	mandla msibi South African politician (b. 1975)
	mandla hlatshwayo South African actor (1976-2017), ZA (b. 1976)
	mandla reuter Artist
	mandla gaduka South African actor
	mandla dube South African film director
	mandla gaduka actor
	mandla ndlovu South African politician
	mandla mashimbyi South African cricketer, ZA (b. 1980)