authentic somali names for baby girls

[zulaika]

i wanna know why most somalis these dayz are naming their baby girls arab names that are not even diin related. i've seen names like nawal, cabiir, alana, sabira etc. there's nothing wrong with these names but what happened to old somali names that you don't often hear about.

i wanna know...

any suggestions!!

please and thank you

[Basra-]

Xalimo?

[AbdiWahab252]

Name your daughter:

Hodan.

[The-Screw]

my little 3 month old cousin's name is Sabrina.

[BlahBlah]

Barwaaqo..

[Voltage]

Cawrala
Cambara
Calowla
Canab
Saxarla
Luul
Ladan
Sagal
Shamso
Sucdi
Ubah
Baahilo
Bishaaro

Traditional Somali names

[zulaika]

thanks guys for the suggestions but i want really really really old somali names..names of our great-great grandmothers.

voltage,

some of these sound very familar and recent..like "ladan"

anyways, i love Bishaaro

[Ka darag]

Deeqa.... .. ..I think thats Somali

[Basra-]

[quote="Voltage"]Cawrala

Canab
Saxarla
Luul
Shamso
Sucdi
Ubah


Traditional Somali names[/quote]


Voltage????? As our FIRST Somali anthropologist, you Disappoint.

Somali Traditional names:
Baahilo
Bishaaro
Ladan
Cambara
Calowla
Saxarla
Sagal


NOT Somali Traditional name.

Canab = arabic word- a fruit
Luul = arabic word- pearl
Shamso = arabic word- i think paradise or blissness?
Sucdi = arabic word= unsi?
Ubah = arabic word - flower?

[siren]

I always liked the name Xaadsan!

[Voltage]

Zulaika my kids are going to have old Somali names too inshallah.

How was your trip to Seattle?


Basra, i stand corrected but Ubah is a Somali name.

[zulaika]

is "Jawhara" a somali name? mise its got other linguistic meaning?

[Basra-]

[quote="Voltage"]Zulaika my kids are going to have old Somali names too inshallah.

How was your trip to Seattle?


Basra, i stand corrected but Ubah is a Somali name. [/quote]


Voltage. apology accepted. I still argue ubah is NOT a somali name. Lets investigate and find out if arabs use the word.

[AbdiWahab252]

Galbeed.

Ardo

Samawade

[Basra-]

[quote="AbdiWahab252"]Galbeed.

Ardo

Samawade[/quote]


Abdi--- Samawade does not count. Its sounds Marehaanish.