About male kikuyu names
How male kikuyu names are built
A result repeats its own gendered bank twice. A male name pairs two entries from the 205-entry male bank (as in Gĩtahi Ndegwa) and a female name pairs two from the 91-entry female bank (as in Wangũ Ngina). Both positions draw from the same gendered pool, so a full name reads as two personal names side by side, as in Njaramba Wachiuri.
Gĩtahi Ndegwa
two entries from the 205-entry male bank
Wangũ Ngina
two entries from the 91-entry female bank
Njaramba Wachiuri
two entries from the 205-entry male bank
Naming notes
Because both slots draw from one gendered bank, a male result is two male-bank names and a female result is two female-bank names; there is no separate surname pool. The male bank (205) is more than twice the female bank (91). Spellings, including the marked vowels, are preserved from the source data.
Questions about male kikuyu names
- Why are both names the same gender?
- Each template fills both slots from one gendered bank, so a male result is two male-bank entries and a female result two female-bank entries, with no separate surname pool.
- What are the marks over the vowels?
- They are preserved from the source data, so forms like Gĩtahi and Wangũ keep them rather than being flattened to plain vowels.
- How are the banks sized?
- The male bank holds 205 entries and the female bank 91, so male results vary more than female ones before repeating.