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{{breadcrumb | link1=[[Rwanda Genealogy|Rwanda]] | link2= | link3= | link4= | link5=[[Rwanda Naming Customs|Naming Customs]] }} {| |- |style="width:100px"| [[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png|75px]] | '''Understanding customs used in surnames and given names can help you identify your ancestors in records. Learn to recognize name variations and see clues in names.''' |} ==Online Tools== *[https://surnames.behindthename.com/submit/names/usage/swahili'''Behind the Name: Swahili Submitted Surnames'''] *[https://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/swahili '''Behind the Name: Swahili Given Names'''] *[https://forebears.io/rwanda/surnames '''Most Common Last Names In Rwanda'''] *[http://www.americanlastnames.us/last-names/Rwandan/index.html '''Rwandan last names in alphabetical order'''] *[https://surnam.es/rwanda '''Rwanda Surnames'''] *[http://www.top-names.info/names.php?S=F&P=RWA '''Top 500 girl names from Rwanda'''] *[http://www.top-names.info/names.php?S=M&P=RWA '''Top 500 boy names from Rwanda'''] *[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname '''FamilySearch's surname experience'''] - enter your last name to find its meaning and origin ==Given Names== The country's principal language is '''Kinyarwanda'''.<br> *[https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/86839#:~:text=The%20naming%20ceremony,translated%20as%20'Child%20naming'. '''Focus: Child naming (Kwita Izina) in Rwanda'''] *[https://www.jstor.org/stable/30027411?seq=1 '''Aspects of Naming in Kinyarwanda'''] [[Category:Rwanda]] [[Category:Naming Customs]]