A girl could be called "Mumbe" meaning beautiful one or "Mwende" (beloved); Wild animal names like "Nzoka" (snake), "Mbiti" (hyena), "Mbuku" (hare), "Munyambu" (lion), or "Mbiwa" (fox); or domesticated animal names like "Ngiti" (dog), "Ng'ombe" (cow), or "Nguku" (chicken), were given to children born of mothers who started by giving stillbirths. This was done to wish away the bad omen and allow the new child to survive. Sometimes the names were used to preserve the good names for later children. There was a belief that a woman's later children had a better chance of surviving than her first ones.