Bahati
Bahati is a baby name of Swahili origin, meaning Luck; good fortune.
What Bahati means
Luck; good fortune.
Bahati sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Bahati comes from
Swahili names reflect East African, Arabic, and Bantu influences, and many mark the circumstances of a birth — the day, the season, or the family's situation at the time.
Bahati is recorded as Swahili in origin. Browse other Swahili names.
How popular is Bahati?
Bahati sits outside the top 100 baby names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Bahati
The thread we file Bahati under is Lucky — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.
Themes: Lucky
Names like Bahati
These share Bahati's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Asher — Happy, blessed, fortunate.
- Felix — Happy, fortunate, lucky.
- Clover — The lucky meadow clover.
- Fausto — Fortunate; lucky.
- Felicity — Intense happiness; good fortune.
- Maddox — Son of the benefactor; fortunate.
- Onni — Happiness; luck.
- Ottoline — Prosperous; fortunate.
- Phuc — Blessing, good fortune.
- Seojun — Auspicious and talented.
- Imara — Firm and strong.
- Baraka — Blessing.