# Masai

**URL:** <https://forum.nameberry.com/t/masai/464756>\
**Category:** Gender Neutral Names\
**Created:** [October 29, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/masai/464756 "2024-10-29T01:27:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/masai/464756/1 "2024-10-29T01:27:56Z")

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So there’s an Olympian named [name\_f]Masai[/name\_f] [name\_m]Russell[/name\_m] and she’s really pretty and I love how unique her name is! Is it more of a boy name or girl name or both? Because I did search it up and saw it also had a background in [name\_m]East[/name\_m] [name\_f]Africa[/name\_f] for boys. Thoughts on the name and what sibling names may go with it?

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**Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/masai/464756/2 "2024-10-29T12:15:31Z")

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[name\_f]Masai[/name\_f] is distinctive and interesting!

From what I can gather, it is used as a surname and a given name - and as a unisex name. It links to the [name\_m]Maasai[/name\_m] people of [name\_f]Africa[/name\_f], [name\_m]Maasai[/name\_m] said to mean ‘people who speak Maa’.

However, I think there’s a good chance that [name\_f]Masai[/name\_f] is being used today in the US at least as a variation of [name\_m]Messiah[/name\_m] (and other forms of it)

I’d consider sibs:

[name\_f]Suri[/name\_f]  
[name\_f]Sana[/name\_f]  
Zakaia  
[name\_m]Amari[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Ezri[/name\_m]  
[name\_f]Amara[/name\_f]  
[name\_m]Shilo[/name\_m]  
[name\_f]Naz[/name\_f]  
[name\_f]Kimber[/name\_f]  
[name\_f]Kizzy[/name\_f]  
Soli  
[name\_f]Zuri[/name\_f]

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/masai/464756/3 "2024-11-03T11:16:19Z")

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I like [name\_f]Masai[/name\_f], it seems more feminine to me because it reminds me of the actress [name\_f]Marsai[/name\_f] [name\_m]Martin[/name\_m] but I wouldn’t be too surprised to see it on a boy. It also makes me think of the [name\_m]Maasai[/name\_m] tribe and I would assume that was the relation. I know on Nameberry they say something about messiah but that would never cross my mind. Siblings…maybe [name\_f]Imani[/name\_f], [name\_f]Kia[/name\_f], [name\_m]Amari[/name\_m]. Other African inspired names like that.