Njinga

Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Central African, Mbundu

Meaning

Possibly from a Bantu root meaning “to twist, to wrap” (kujinga in Kimbundu), alluding to the wrapping of the umbilical cord around the neck of the newborn. This name was borne by kings and queens of the African kingdoms of Ndongo and Kongo, notably a 17th-century queen of Ndongo who resisted the Portuguese.
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