Kudakwashe
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- koo-dah-KWAH-sheh
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Kudakwashe is a boys' name, meaning “the will of the Lord”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Kudakwashe mean?
Shona (Zimbabwe), from kuda 'will' + kwaShe 'of the Lord'
“the will of the Lord”
A Shona name expressing acceptance that a child comes by God's will.
Is Kudakwashe a girl's or a boy's name?
Kudakwashe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kudakwashe in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kudakwashe, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2005, with 8 boys.
2025 had more boys named Kudakwashe than any year since 2014.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kudakwashe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
Nicknames for Kudakwashe
- Kuda
Names like Kudakwashe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayomide, Kwame, Boluwatife, Kenechukwu, Ademide, Oluwademilade, Oluwatamilore, Iremide, Oluwatobi, Somtochukwu, Ifechukwu, Kamsiyochukwu
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kudakwashe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kudakwashe, updated 20 October 2026.