Somali Swahili Names, Meanings, and their History

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Abdi (AHB-dee)

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somali-harari muslim afaan-oromo-indonesian african harari somali-arabic afaan-oromo-arabic

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Aden (AY-dən)

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bantu ethiopian-somali swahili afar-ethiopian somali-arabic swahili-afar male

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Aisha (ah-EE-shah)

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urdu-afghan saudi-sudanese dioula-jordanian zimbabwean-nigerian lebanese-jamaican uzbek-harari lebanese-libyan

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Ali (AH-lee)

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qashqai-somali cocos malay-tunisian south african-uzbek malay-cocos malay jordanian-syrian syrian-cameroonian qashqai-urdu

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Asad (AH-sad)

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arabic-somali swahili-arabic masculine somali-arabic swahili arabic somali

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Ayaan (ah-YAHN)

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female hindi-pakistani hindi-somali masculine swahili-arabic hindi somali-urdu

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Hussein (hoo-SAYN)

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swahili-uzbek swahili-lebanese libyan-moroccan jordanian-lebanese uzbek-lebanese somali-swahili afghan-moroccan

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Khadija (kuh-DEE-juh)

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afghan-somali tunisian swahili-tunisian pakistani-fon arabic-tunisian arabic-senegalese harari-bangladeshi

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Mohamed (moh-HAH-med)

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arabic sylheti-susu susu-sylheti quran egyptian-susu somali-egyptian sylheti-swahili

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Ghawth (gahwth)

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Kaylaann (KAY-luh-ann)

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Niruj (nih-ruj)

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Alyasaa (ah-lee-ah-sah)

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Niti (nee-tee)

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Ilsaaq (Eel-saak)

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Jazba (JAHZ-bah)

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Shouvik (SHO-veek)

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Samanmitha (suh-man-mi-thuh)

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Vikranta (vik-RAHN-tah)

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Dreama (DREE-mah)

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Duri (doo-ree)