Somalis not bearing ethnic Somali names

[The alchemist]

My Uncle is called Roble, his from Borama, it makes sense

Shoutout to the Roobles

 

[NidarNidar]

Shoutout to the Roobles

Salsal aswell ironicly my family tree has a load of Somali names, 80/20 its only been since my dad generation that Arabic names have taken thr lions share.

 

[wonyluvr]

I truly look down upon Somalis who do not have a first, middle, or last name of Somali origin since I am a proud Somali with a Somali surname.

Wut I never asked to have an Arabic name i do wish I had a Somali name since mine is basic but eh my parents named me so it’s fine.

 

[Unicorn]

This is a new trend and i can tell when i read off my abtiris. The farther i go back the more somali names there are.my grandparents generation had somali names. I think our parents (genx) are the ones to go more arabic. Before anyone comes and says tht we always had arabic names. Im talking about the majority of somali names werent arabic but somali the farther u go back. You should give ur kids somali names so tht it wont get lost.

 

[Sigmundd]

Is there a way we can adopt somali surname back home? I know it sounds weird but it's important to safeguard our traditional names and it also helps to distinguish us from others e.g oromos.

 

[Rayaale]

That cant be possible no way. 20 generations is 500 years ago at that point in time somali names were more common to have. Also all the clan founders and their kids have somali names and thats around 25-32 generations ago. Are you banadiri perhaps?

20 generations is like 300-350 years ago 17th century , the average age of marriage back then was less than 20 years old

 

[Espaa_]

20 generations is like 300-350 years ago 17th century , the average age of marriage back then was less than 20 years old

I asked chatgpt it said 500 . I think your right though.