Have you ever met a Somali whose their family name is taken from their colonisers?

[Malcolm X]

I just met a person with a white name, she looks like a Somali though she's probably from somewhere else in East Africa. No cadaan genes in their blood she says.

I don't think Somalis has a history of taking names from their colonisers.

 

[Inactive]

I've met many Somalis with Italian and British first names.

 

[Jeesto]

Many orphans were raised by the cadaans and werre given cadaan first and last names. The majority of those orphans are dead today or later adopted somali names but you can still find somalis who have white names as naanays

 

[Bahal]

Never.

The only things the colonizers left were a few specialized loanwords like dolshe and tuwaal

 

[Prince Abubu]

I've met many Somalis with Italian and British first names.

 

[Inactive]

http://calgaryherald.com/business/l...-calgary-restaurant-owner-marco-abdi-has-died

One of very many examples. He was Muslim. RIP

 

[psychoukhtive]

my great grandfather's name became his nickname..his nickname was some sort of Italian or Portuguese word ( like how pres.Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed is known as farmajoo ). i wont bait the name b/c only my family has that name..ive never heard anyone else with it

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

I know a family friend who's nick name is Paulo.

 

[Bahal]

http://calgaryherald.com/business/l...-calgary-restaurant-owner-marco-abdi-has-died

One of very many examples. He was Muslim. RIP

That was a nickname you imbecile

 

[black]

I've met many Somalis with Italian and British first names.

When will the lies end walaal? Share with me their names

 

[Inactive]

That was a nickname you imbecile

No. It was his first name. I even know his sub sub clan. I talk about things I know.

 

[Inactive]

When will the lies end walaal? Share with me their names

John, Michael, Marco, Gabriel, Amy; way too many to list. Their legal names are not Yahya or Jibril either.

 

[Bernie Madoff]

No. It was his first name. I even know his sub sub clan. I talk about things I know.

So you brought out one example which I still think it's dudes nickname and you said there's many other Somalis with cadaan names

 

[Inactive]

So you brought out one example which I still think it's dudes nickname and you said there's many other Somalis with cadaan names

I brought out many examples.

I am even excluding one particular female name

 

[Bahal]

No. It was his first name. I even know his sub sub clan. I talk about things I know.

You're conflating too many things sxb

 

[Apollo]

The president is named Formaggio.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formaggio

 

[Jjero]

They usually have it as a nickname or spell it different

Its usually Italian names

I had the nickname Fiorella named by my ayeeyo

 

[AussieHustler]

I brought out many examples.

I am even excluding one particular female name

Johnson

Why do you exclude her? Is it Edna Aden? Edna is an old biblical name from the Old Testament and in Hebrew, it means "pleasure". A name is a name and like her, most of us carry Middle Eastern names.

 

[nadia]

is Noriega one of them it sure sounds Italian to me

 

[anonymous34]

I know 2 Somali girls called Bella

Bella means beautiful in Italian