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There's been some speculation among Lion King/Simba's Pride fans about who Kovu's father is (it was originally Scar, but Disney realised this would make him and Kiara second cousins as well as mates. Big no-no).

One possible (but obscure) candidate is a rogue lion named Ni, who appeared in one of a series of books based on TLK that took place after the events of the film ( [link] ). Even though Ni has practically none of Kovu and Vitani's traits, it's an interesting idea.

Who knows? Zira might've named her daughter after him. (Vitani has no meaning in Swahili (it's an alteration of her original name, "Shetani", meaning "devil"), but "Ni" means "I am", and "Vita" means "disease". "Disease-I-Am." Wow.)

EDIT (3-14-13): My mistake, "vita" actually means war, not disease (thanks to ~baltoscamplover4ever for pointing this out). "Vitani" apparently also has several meanings of its own, including the plural form of flax, linen and string, and..."ducks". :/
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Vita is also a separate Latin word meaning "life." Ni must've travelled REALLY far.