Globally, Velaphi (Velaphi 
) is quite a common dominantly male, but uncommonly feminine first name. The first name Velaphi is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly South Africa, where it is quite a common mostly masculine, but uncommonly girly name. Very seldom, Velaphi is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Velaphi | United Kingdom, Eswatini, Australia, United States, South Africa |
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tando velaphi Australian association football player, AU (b. 1987) |
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| velaphi ndlangamandla South African serial murderer, ZA (b. 1966) |
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| velaphi c thipe researcher |
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| velaphi ndlovu South African politician, ZA |
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| velaphi gumede researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-5424-6258) |
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