Swahili Somali Names, Meanings, and their History

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Abdi (AHB-dee)

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swahili-harari masculine harari-indonesian swahili-somali indonesian-swahili indonesian-somali afaan-oromo-indonesian

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Aden (AY-dən)

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arabic-afar yemeni afar-arabic baby somali-arabic swahili-somali arabic-somali

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Aisha (ah-EE-shah)

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kuwaiti-dioula syrian-jamaican kazakh-qashqai afar-kenyan south african-afar pahari-pothwari-tunisian nuristani-libyan

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Ali (AH-lee)

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tamazight-swahili urdu-madurese tunisian-malay pakistani-tamazight tunisian-saudi iranian-libyan malay-pashayi

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Asad (AH-sad)

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somali-arabic arabic-swahili swahili-arabic somali boy muslim somali-swahili

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Ayaan (ah-YAHN)

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

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Hussein (hoo-SAYN)

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Khadija (kuh-DEE-juh)

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afghan-hindko bangladeshi-cameroonian cameroonian-swahili arabic-fulfulde arabic-bangladeshi pakistani-saudi saudi-pakistani

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Mohamed (moh-HAH-med)

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swahili-susu arabic-susu arabic-egyptian somali-sylheti swahili-sylheti egyptian-swahili boy

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Kumsan (KUM-sahn)

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Khalil (kuh-LEEL)

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Azmet (AHZ-met)

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Nubras (NOO-bras)

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Qantara (kan-TAH-rah)

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Mokshitha (mok-SHEE-tha)

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Lajwati (lahj-wuh-tee)

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Ekoparna (E-ko-par-na)

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Priyadarshi (pree-yuh-dar-shee)

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Sareer (sa-REER)

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Maitrayee (my-TRY-ee)

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Rukhsana (rookh-sah-nah)