What are your favourite traditional Somali names?

[wonyluvr]

Filsan,beydan,ladan,iftin and sagal

 

[kneeknee]

Is Sabrina a Somali name? I’ve only seen Somalis use that name on social media, never in real life

it is a somali name its also an arab name but they developed separately. So sabrina is a somali name.

 

[Northern Swordsman]

Girls: Filsan, Abyan, Ladan, Bilan
Boys: Hanad, Wacays, Loyan, Magan

 

[kneeknee]

Girls: Filsan, Abyan, Ladan, Bilan
Boys: Hanad, Wacays, Loyan, Magan

hanad wacays loyan and magan are amazing names ebyaan as well!

 

[kneeknee]

is Shamso a somali name?

 

[Northern Swordsman]

is Shamso a somali name?

Unfortunately no

 

[kneeknee]

Unfortunately no

we should steal it its a nice name

 

[Northern Swordsman]

we should steal it its a nice name 

My ayeyo is called shamso

 

[Dalac Bilaash]

Boys

Cartan
Shidane
Kulmiye
Sharmaarke
Bootaan
Gabeyre
Xirsi
Caalin
Warsame
Barre
Afrax
Ayaanle
Calasow

Girls

Ubax
Ayaan
Hodan
Saado
Ilhaan
Raaxo
Kaltuun
Fartuun
Nasteexo
Farxiyo

 

[kneeknee]

 

[kneeknee]

Boys

Cartan
Shidane
Kulmiye
Sharmaarke
Bootaan
Gabeyre
Xirsi
Caalin
Warsame
Barre
Afrax
Ayaanle
Calasow

Girls

Ubax
Ayaan
Hodan
Saado
Ilhaan
Raaxo
Kaltuun
Fartuun
Nasteexo
Farxiyo

very nice!

 

[Mudug_gyal]

My ayeeyos name was Cawrala. If I have a daughter im naming her that. Samatar was my great grandpa’s

 

[NomadicWarlord]

Nah imma name my future kids after the 99 names of Allah ﷻ in shaa allah

 

[mohammdov]

Boys :sharmaake,Naaleey,nageeye,
Girls: Ayaan,Tolmoon,kaltoonn

 

[Khaem]

Ayaanle is

Is Sabrina a Somali name? I’ve only seen Somalis use that name on social media, never in real life

Sabrina I've seen older women in Djibouti with that name. It's not somali but it became decently popular about 50 years back in reer magaal somehow

 

[mohamedismail]

Keerow, Roobow, Riinow, Nuunya, Muudey, muna.

 

[NOT-ACTIVE]

Ayaanle is

Sabrina I've seen older women in Djibouti with that name. It's not somali but it became decently popular about 50 years back in reer magaal somehow

Yea I have some relatives named Ayanlee so I know about that name, but I never heard about Sabrina. Is it still popular in Djibouti?

 

[Yami]

If I had twins with different genders I’d name them Warsan & Warsame. Don’t like other Somali names tho

 

[Mudug_gyal]

Girls: Quman, sareedo, siirad, suuban, keytoon, xooshey, roodo, ceeblo, cawrala, cawo, waris
Boys: roble, guleed, hanad, samatar, jama, liban, cartan, warsame

 

[empressjamila]

Girls: Sagal, Cawo, Sareedo/Sareeda, Miski, Ayaan, Asli, Sahra, Asha

Boys: Sharmarke, Ayaanle, Cawaale, Dahir, Mahad, Samatar, Hirsi