Somali names
22 names from the Somali naming tradition, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and how it is seen around the world.
- AadanBoyAadan is the Somali spelling of Adam, the name the Quran and the Bible give the first human, traditionally read as…
- AxmedBoyAxmed is the Somali spelling of Ahmad, an Arabic name built on the root for praise and understood as "most…
- Ayaan (Somali)GirlFrom Somali meaning "good fortune, good luck".
- CaashaGirlCaasha is the Somali spelling of Aisha, an Arabic name usually explained as "living" or "she who lives".
- CabdiBoyCabdi is the Somali form of the Arabic word Abd, "servant", most often understood as shorthand for "servant of God".
- CabdirashiidBoyCabdirashiid joins Abd, "servant", to Ar-Rashid, "the rightly guiding one", one of the traditional Muslim names for…
- CabdiraxmaanBoyCabdiraxmaan joins Abd, "servant", to Ar-Rahman, "the Most Merciful", one of the traditional Muslim names for God…
- CabdullaahiBoyCabdullaahi is the Somali spelling of Abdullah, "servant of God", from Abd, "servant", and Allah, "God".
- CabdulqaadirBoyCabdulqaadir joins Abd, "servant", to Al-Qadir, "the All-Powerful", one of the traditional Muslim names for God, giving…
- CismaanBoyThe Somali form of the Arabic name Uthman, whose own root is not clearly established.
- Daa'uudBoyThe Somali form of Dawud, the Quranic prophet identified with the biblical David; the underlying Hebrew name is usually…
- FaaraxBoyThe Somali form of Farah, from an Arabic root meaning "joy" or "happiness".
- FadumoGirlThe everyday Somali form of Fatima, the name of the Prophet Muhammad's youngest daughter.
- HodanGirlSomali for "rich" or "lush", wishing the child a prosperous, abundant life.
- IbraahimBoyThe Somali form of Ibrahim, the Quranic and biblical patriarch Abraham, whose Hebrew name is usually read as "father of…
- IsmaaciilBoyThe Somali form of Ismail, the Quranic prophet remembered as Ibrahim's elder son, whose Hebrew original is read as "God…
- JaylaaniBoySomali spelling of the Arabic surname Jilani, "of Gilan": the region a famous Sufi teacher came from.
- MaxamedBoySomali spelling of Muhammad, from an Arabic root meaning "the praised one".
- SacdiyoGirlSomali form of the Arabic Sa'diyyah, built on a root meaning "good fortune" or "happiness".
- XaawoGirlSomali form of Hawwa, the Arabic and Quranic name for Eve, meaning "life" or "living".
- XaliimaGirlSomali form of Halima, an Arabic name from a root meaning "gentle, patient".
- YuusufBoySomali spelling of Yusuf, the Arabic form of the biblical and Quranic Joseph.