Most Zimbabweans have two names: a Shona/Ndebele name and an English name. The English name often describes the situation when the child was born. Constitution, Accident, Jealousy, Happiness, or Mistake are rather common. Other names describes the child or the relation between the parents: Gift, Delight, Fortune, Love nest or Passion. At other times it appears as if parents have been unispired naming their children: Doesn’t matter, No matter and Etcetera.
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