Throughout the world, Thembile (Thembile 
) is quite a common unisex first name. The first name Thembile is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly South Africa, where it is quite a common epicene name.
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| Thembile | United States, South Africa, United Kingdom |
| thembile skweyiya Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, ZA (b. 1939) |
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| thembile botman South African actor (b. 1976) |
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| thembile mzolo researcher |
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| thembile kanono Association footballer, ZA (b. 1980) |
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| thembile t. khoza South African arachnologist, ZA |
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