Somali Names, Meanings, and their History

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Abdi (AHB-dee)

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somali-arabic swahili-indonesian indonesian male swahili-harari indonesian-arabic muslim

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Aden (AY-dən)

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masculine somali-swahili omani male swahili-ethiopian arabic muslim

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Aisha (ah-EE-shah)

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nigerian-afghan somali-kenyan moroccan-swahili kazakh-tunisian iraqi-pahari-pothwari cameroonian-kuwaiti saudi-iraqi

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Ali (AH-lee)

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susu-syrian minangkabau-lebanese lebanese-tunisian syrian-iraqi indonesian-turkish saudi-egyptian syrian-south african

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Amina (ah-MEE-nah)

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urdu-tajikistani nigerian-somali algerian-tajikistani tajikistani-nigerian nigerian-algerian urdu-algerian afaan-oromo-nigerian

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Asad (AH-sad)

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arabic swahili-arabic swahili muslim male arabic-swahili arabic-somali

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Ayaan (ah-YAHN)

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pakistani-arabic hindi-somali swahili-pakistani urdu-indian hindi-urdu boy somali-arabic

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Deeq (DEE-k)

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Fadumo (FAH-doo-moh)

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Farah (fah-rah)

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Hodan (HOH-dan)

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somali girl baby feminine female

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Hussein (hoo-SAYN)

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lebanese-harari swahili-egyptian moroccan-lebanese libyan-harari libyan-lebanese swahili-moroccan moroccan-somali

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Cristeen (kris-TEEN)

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Tushtiman (TUSH-tee-man)

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Manpreet (mahn-preet)

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Pratik (pruh-TEEK)

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Tawasem (ta-wa-sehm)

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Maniyan (muh-NEE-yahn)

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Ehzazunnisa (EHZ-ah-ZUHN-ni-sa)

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Tandeep (tan-deep)

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Goolab (goo-lab)

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Qailah (KAY-lah)

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Raghudas (rah-goo-dahs)

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Ulmalhamsh (ool-mahl-hahmsh)