Ndila

nuh-DEE-lah

Kamba

"billy goat"

Ndila Origin and Meaning

The name Ndila is a girl's name meaning "billy goat".

In Akamba culture, children were historically given names with animal meanings if their mother's first pregnancy was a stillbirth. It was thought that these names promoted survival and kept the bad omens away from the child. Additionally, this saved the "good" names — typically those of grandparents — for later-born children, who were considered more likely to survive.