Thabo (Τhα'βω) is a male and female African given name. It is short for "Lethabo" meaning "Happiness" or "Joy". It is a common name for South African men and women. It is most used in seSotho, Setswana and Sepedi [or Northern Sotho] and by some of the Nguni [Zulu, Xhosa, Swati and Ndebele] people.
Notable people with the name include:
Thabo Mbeki, former president of South Africa
Thabo Mofutsanyana, ANC activist
Thabo Makgoba, Anglican archbishop
Thabo Sefolosha, Swiss basketball player
Thabo Bester, South African convicted criminal
Thabo Cele, footballer
Thabo Mabuza, rugby player
Thabo Malema, actor
Thabo Mamojele, rugby player
Thabo Manyoni, former Mayor of Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality
Thabo Masheshemane, cricketer
Thabo Masualle, footballer
Thabo Masunga III, Masunga chief
Thabo Matlaba, footballer
Thabo Mboyi, footballer
Thabo Mmutle, South African Member of Parliament
Thabo Mngomeni, footballer
Thabo Moloi, footballer
Thabo Mooki, footballer
Thabo Motang, footballer
Thabo Motsieloa, Swedish television news presenter
Thabo Bester (born 13 June 1986) is a South African convicted rapist and murderer who escaped from the Mangaung Correctional Centre in South Africa after...
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (Xhosa: [tʰaɓɔ mbɛːkʼi]; born 18 June 1942) is a South African politician who served as the second president of South Africa from...
Thabo Patrick Sefolosha (/ˈtɑːboʊ ˌsɛfəˈloʊʃə/; born 2 May 1984) is a Swiss professional basketball player for Vevey Riviera Basket of the Swiss Basketball...
Thabo Rakhale (born 20 March 1990) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Botswana club Township Rollers. Having left...
Thabo Mooki affectionately nicknamed Tsiki-Tsiki (born 22 October 1974 in Soweto, Gauteng) is a retired South African association football midfielder...
Tracking Thabo Bester is a South African true crime mini television documentary series based on the story of the dramatic prison escape of murderer and...
in Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal. She was co-accused alongside her partner Thabo Bester for several crimes including murder and aiding a fugitive's prison...
Thabo Piet Meeko is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Free State Provincial Legislature since...
Thabo September (born 3 November 1982) is a retired South African football defender who played for SuperSport United. He studied towards a degree in sports...
Thabo Mngomeni (born 24 June 1969, Cape Town, Western Cape) is a South African former Association football midfielder. After starting his professional...
Thabo Cele (born 15 January 1997) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Russian Premier League club Fakel Voronezh. Cele was...
Thabo "Festival" Matlaba (born 13 December 1987) is a South African association football defender who plays for Premier Soccer League club, Royal AM....
Thabo Qalinge (born 28 August 1991) is a South African soccer player. As of 30 January 2018 Appearances in PSL playoff tournament Appearances in MTN 8...
Thabo Moloisane (born 24 February 1999) is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for Stellenbosch in the Premier Soccer League. He was...
Thabo Andrew Rametsi II (born 17 July 1988) is a South African actor and producer. He is best known for his roles in The Giver, The Gamechangers and Kalushi:...
Thabo Benett Nthethe (born 3 October 1984 in Bloemfontein) is a retired South African football defender. He represented South Africa and played for Mamelodi...
Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda (born 1982) is the Current Attorney General of the Republic of Malawi. Before assuming the Attorney General's office, he worked...
Thabo Nodada (born 2 May 1995 in Ixopo, Kwa-Zulu Natal) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Cape Town City and the South Africa...
Thabo Gabriel Malema (born 26 December 1985), is a South African actor. He was born on 26 December 1985 in Mabopane, Gauteng, Johannesburg. He completed...
States, although before completing it, she left the United States to marry Thabo Mbeki. While in London, Mbeki worked as a psychiatric social worker at Guy's...
the deputy president of South Africa from 1999 to 2005 under President Thabo Mbeki, Nelson Mandela's successor. Mbeki dismissed Zuma on 14 June 2005...
Thubelihle Thabo Sithole (born 10 June 1995) is a South African basketball player for Cape Town Tigers and the South Africa national basketball team....
Christianity portal Thabo Cecil Makgoba KStJ (born 15 December 1960 in Alexandra, Johannesburg) is the South African Anglican archbishop of Cape Town...
Tshepo Motaung (born 9 August 1999) is a South African cricketer. He made his List A debut for Easterns in the 2016–17 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge...
The Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa Thabo Mofutsanyana; Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda iThabo Mofutsanyana) is one...
He declined a second presidential term and was succeeded by his deputy, Thabo Mbeki. Mandela became an elder statesman and focused on combating poverty...
Monwabisi Kwanda Mpahlwa is the son of former South African President Thabo Mbeki and Olive Mpahlwa. His disappearance and presumed murder[further explanation...
David Thabo Simelane (born 1956) is a Swazi serial killer sentenced to death for the murder of 28 women, but is suspected of murdering 45. Simelane left...
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