Why do Somali people look down on Somali names?

[iley]

Lol I straight up have an Arab name not even Islamic. Sadly I'd have to go 10 names up my abtirsi to mention a Somali name. I need to break that chain

 

[Riftvalley]

Why is it always a persons view turns into a view all Somalis hold . Stop with the generalisations Saxiib

Although majority of Somalis have arabic names we still have a good amount of libaans , sharmaake , ayanlee and a whole lot Farahs ( The second most common after abdi ) . Many more names after too

Names liked ayanle and libaan are dying. More Somalis are going for khaleeji names like Rayaan and Ahlam these days.

 

[Homerlilian2.0]

Names liked ayanle and libaan are dying. More Somalis are going for khaleeji names like Rayaan and Ahlam these days.

Preference over Arabic names is a thing amongst our community for many but to openly claim Somalis look down on Somali names is complete horse crap ( forgive my language ).

Especially when Farax and libaan and many others of its like is still very very common .

 

[novanova]

I feel like some somali names are still common like:

Idil, Ayaan, Sagal, Bilan for women

Guled, Liban, Xirsi, Sharmarke for men