• Origin: Tumbuka
• Meaning: “laugh.”
• Gender: masculine

The name comes from the Tumbuka word for “laugh,” and was recently popularized by the 2017 novel by Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give.

Sekani recently entered the U.S. Top 1000 and currently ranks in as the 872nd most popular male name (2019).

It should also be noted that Sekani is the name of a First Nations tribe indigenous to the interior of British Columbia. In this case, Sekani is an anglicization of the word tse’khene meaning “people on the rocks.”

Sources

• https://www.behindthename.com/name/sekani
• ttps://face2faceafrica.com/article/heres-the-real-meaning-of-your-african-name/5
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekani
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hate_U_Give