Somali names are going extinct

[The alchemist]

I think we should adopt some real african names. Imma go by the name of "Uvwevwevwe Onyetwenye Omgmwewe Ossas" now.

 

[kickz]

I think we should adopt some real african names to really connect to mama africa. Imma go by the name of "Uvwevwevwe Onyetwenye Omgmwewe Ossas" now.

I will go by one of those tongue click noises, *click clack*

 

[CanIDimo]

LOL Guys relax shit ain't that serious.

i clocked this is the reason why most blacks ask if somalis are arabs because almost of all of us are named abdi-something
i too as a non somali would have genuinely wondered if somalis were black arabs descendants of the east african slave trade

 

[CaliTedesse]

i clocked this is the reason why most blacks ask if somalis are arabs because almost of all of us are named abdi-something
i too as a non somali would have genuinely wondered if somalis were black arabs

I dislike that name too and alxamdullilah it is not used in my direct family, but still we are hardly Arabized like for example other ethnics like Berbers or other groups.

 

[kickz]

i clocked this is the reason why most blacks ask if somalis are arabs because almost of all of us are named abdi-something
i too as a non somali would have genuinely wondered if somalis were black arabs

That could be asked of anyone, Nigerians have Muslim names like Somalis

 

[CanIDimo]

That could be asked of anyone, Nigerians have Muslim names like Somalis

okey
it's partly due to that fact we look racially ambiguous to them even though we are dark skin whereas the Nigerian looks like a conquered to them

 

[Apollo]

I think we should adopt some real african names. Imma go by the name of "Uvwevwevwe Onyetwenye Omgmwewe Ossas" now.

 

[CanIDimo]

I dislike that name too and alxamdullilah it is not used in my direct family, but still we are hardly Arabized like for example other ethnics like Berbers or other groups.

yep but this is only because arabs were not able conquered our land like they did with the berbers and other groups and in the last few decades they have implemented soft methods of arabnizing us.
for example opening up a schools in the motherland were arabic the first and superior language and somali is equivalent to ebonics

 

[The alchemist]

I will go by one of those tongue click noises, *click clack*

Ohh. So are we going back-back....okey. Then imma be running naked with stick and stones, pointing and nodding.

 

[4head]

Somalis are colonised.

 

[4head]

it's funny that we(myself included) worry about bantunization of somalis which we are yet to see any tangible impact for, while arabnizaton has been doggystyling somali culture for a good generation now

by the way i'm not even an advocate for preserving somali culture i'm westernized AF and my childern will probably not even grow up speaking somali but i just like to state the truth and call out the double standards i see with so called pan-somalis or somali nationals

Yes i know what you mean bro!

 

[kickz]

Somalis are colonised.

Nah

 

[4head]

Nah

Yes they are.
By the bantus through the AMISOM,
by the arabs through Islam and arab's lifestyle.
We are becoming the new Sudan.

 

[CanIDimo]

I think we should adopt some real african names. Imma go by the name of "Uvwevwevwe Onyetwenye Omgmwewe Ossas" now.

stop the clowning

i want to see more somali names not Kenyan or some shit

 

[The alchemist]

Exactly. He is a legend to us all.

 

[CanIDimo]

They aren't Arab names/culture, they are Muslim names.

Jews and Christians have their versions of Yusuf/Joseph/Issa/Jesus, etc.

Arab names/culture would be something like Raami, or Baasim and we do not do that.

are they really muslim names though? i'm not convinced
for example omar was omar before islam , surely it could not have been labeled a muslim name before the last version islam came about, so arab is the constant in all these so called muslim names.

also would u consider somali names muslim names?? since somali is a muslim ethnicity

 

[sigmund]

name is not a big deal who wouldnt want the names amber sarah nadia come onn but i want these surnames/names to be retained
samatar
elmi
shire
guled
liban
ladan
kinsi

 

[kickz]

Yes they are.
By the bantus through the AMISOM,
by the arabs through Islam and arab's lifestyle.
We are becoming the new Sudan.

Somalis willingly accepted Islam, we are some of the earliest adopters back when a good portion of Arabs weren't Muslims.

 

[CanIDimo]

They aren't Arab names/culture, they are Muslim names.

Jews and Christians have their versions of Yusuf/Joseph/Issa/Jesus, etc.

Arab names/culture would be something like Raami, or Baasim and we do not do that.

yh but European jews believe those names originate from their race or ethnic group likewise with arabs with somalis that isn't the case, these are names we borrowed from ajnabi the arabs
you tried it

Same goes with European Christians they would tell you these are pro white names from the white race.

black Christians oh yh they are just conquered Negros

 

[kickz]

are they really arabic names though? i'm not convinced
for example omar was omar before islam , surely it could not have been labeled a muslim name before the last version islam came about, so arab is the constant in all these so called muslim names.

also would u consider somali names muslim names?? since somali is a muslim ethnicity

A name like Yusuf, predates Arabs, its Jewish.

You might as well ask why are Somalis adopting Jewish culture

Its the religon thats adopted not the culture