Our endangered names

[DisplacedDiraac]

Fatima is a common spanish name - a footprint of islam .

Al-Andalus is one Arabized place. Spanish people have black hair due to the Arab genes in them. Thousands of words in the Spanish language are words from the Arab language. More than a dozen cities in Spain are of Arab origin (Madrid derived from the word al-Magriit or "the source of water").

It was the Berbers of North Africa who influenced Spain not the arabs.

[Lamagoodle]

you are wrong lama again. for us we dont even know what samatic is; we got it from our quran which is islamic. the guy from qarijogood that named isaak doesnt know samic but it read from quran. and yes it's islamic to us no doubt for that. how you see it is up to you. but when i name my son Ali, im naming after sayidina Ali which is islamic iconic to me.

Names will not be kids become better citizens of this world. Names do not guarantee that they will become pious. Somalis need to promote somali names. Names say alot not about your religious belonging but your ethnicity. That is the thesis of my topic.

WestLondonshorty, the Moors were influenced by arabic culture and had islam as a guiding star.

[DisplacedDiraac]

They were influenced by Arabs like all Muslims were influenced by Arabs through Islam.. But the Spanish aint mixed with arabs but rather berber/moorish blood.

[Jam Street]

I am also concerned about the decline of nicknames for guys nowadays. Growing up everybody had a cool nickname whether it was the ciyaal waraf champion next door Qasaaye or boodaaye from the neighborhood or ganeey or daqare or kafarji or gafuur geele. Even looking back all the football players of different teams had cool nick names like dheemanka madoow, cuti, cayrow, sheekhaalow etc.

Ustaad Lamagoole true story here walaahi. Maalin aa gabar habaryar ii ah u imaaday ciyaal badan oo saaxiibo banooni isla ciyaari jirnay isku dugsina eheen near Jam Street. Waxee u sheegtay magaceyga eeyna weeydiisay inee I arkeen. 11 canal ee ahaayeen kuligood na 5 sano is naqaanay. Waxee ku dhaheen ma naqaano wiilka raadineeso xaafadahan ma degano. Wax magaceyga yaqaanay maleh neynaas lee Lii wada yaqaanay.

[Hyperactive]

i beg you differ lama, names has both meaning to parents when they name them and also the physiological effect to kid as they say.

our prophet ordered us to name our kids good names that they wont be bullied or has negative meaning. there is famous poem, the poet was talking his young son who he dearly loved that dead. so he said in his peom crying for his loss : i named him yahya to live but nothing to stop Allah's order... سميته يحيى ليحيا ، ولم يكن … إلى رد أمر الله فيه سبيل


ps; yahya means in arabic " nooladey/ke nooladey"

so many muslims and somalis included, they do everything to the bone to be close to Allah, prophet through being close to doing the act of who they believe are better muslim than they are. and therefore hoping their kids will take that person ( ali ra or hassan ra) food steps. nothing wrong with that. if they hope their kids to have that person's charactor.

person who wants to name their kids somali meaning names, up to them , no one stopping them too.

[Lamagoodle]

I am also concerned about the decline of nicknames for guys nowadays. Growing up everybody had a cool nickname whether it was the ciyaal waraf champion next door Qasaaye or boodaaye from the neighborhood or ganeey or daqare or kafarji or gafuur geele. Even looking back all the football players of different teams had cool nick names like dheemanka madoow, cuti, cayrow, sheekhaalow etc.

Ustaad Lamagoole true story here walaahi. Maalin aa gabar habaryar ii ah u imaaday ciyaal badan oo saaxiibo banooni isla ciyaari jirnay isku dugsina eheen near Jam Street. Waxee u sheegtay magaceyga eeyna weeydiisay inee I arkeen. 11 canal ee ahaayeen kuligood na 5 sano is naqaanay. Waxee ku dhaheen ma naqaano wiilka raadineeso xaafadahan ma degano. Wax magaceyga yaqaanay maleh neynaas lee Lii wada yaqaanay.

My cousin Jam Street.
True, nicknames are gone!my theory is that some of them have disappeared because of strides in health care Gacameey, Lugeey, Jiisow, Daqare, etc. While others have disappeared because there are no venues for "kaftan"; Garuun, Gaacuur, Boqorka, etc.

You are a true ciyaalka xaafada saaxib. All my friends had nicknames which were more used than the real names. I also had the same problem; mid aan soomaali ku kasaayey oo la yiraahda Tetano ayaan Yurub ku arkay. Everyone back in somalia knew her name as Tetano. It surprised me when people called her Amaal.

[Lamagoodle]

i beg you differ lama, names has both meaning to parents when they name them and also the physiological effect to kid as they say.

our prophet ordered us to name our kids good names that they wont be bullied or has negative meaning. there is famous poem, the poet was talking his young son who he dearly loved that dead. so he said in his peom crying for his loss : i named him yahya to live but nothing to stop Allah's order... سميته يحيى ليحيا ، ولم يكن … إلى رد أمر الله فيه سبيل


ps; yahya means in arabic " nooladey/ke nooladey"

so many muslims and somalis included, they do everything to the bone to be close to Allah, prophet through being close to doing the act of who they believe are better muslim than they are. and therefore hoping their kids will take that person ( ali ra or hassan ra) food steps. nothing wrong with that. if they hope their kids to have that person's charactor.

person who wants to name their kids somali meaning names, up to them , no one stopping them too.

Yahya is Johannes7Jonas for many christians from the middle east.

Names will not take you close to heaven it is the CAMAL....

[Hyperactive]

but in quran, Allah named yahya and no one named before him. so is islamic to us. in arabic means ki noolado.

we knowthat it's deeds but parents just hope and wish their kids the best.

[Lamagoodle]

but in quran, Allah named yahya and no one named before him. so is islamic to us. in arabic means ki noolado.

we knowthat it's deeds but parents just hope and wish their kids the best.

True, parents do that. Hyper, we need to promote our ethnicity. Think about that. There are billions of Muslims in the world but only a few million somalis. We need to promote somali names.

[Hyperactive]

adeer you're your own, im not promoting anything for that matter....i respect your concern tho.

however as muslim we believe we are judged by our intentions too . so if their intentions when they name is for Allah or be close to people they believe better deeds than them. Allah wont disappoint them inshallah. we were asked to remember Allah in every situation even when you satisfying your lust with your wife.

so you dont know what that muslim somali thinking or their intentions.

[waryaa]

In fact, one of the most senior bishops in the Syrian church is called Abdullah.

interesting - Bishop Abdalla!

^^ "shuun" is the Somali adaptation of the German word "schön" which means beautiful.

interesting .akin i'd never call some1 shun even if it is their real name

[Lamagoodle]

adeer you're your own, im not promoting anything for that matter....i respect your concern tho.

however as muslim we believe we are judged by our intentions too . so if their intentions when they name is for Allah or be close to people they believe better deeds than them. Allah wont disappoint them inshallah. we were asked to remember Allah in every situation even when you satisfying your lust with your wife.

so you dont know what that muslim somali thinking or their intentions.

Hyper, one thing your forgetting is that SOMALI names=Muslim names!

Simple logic; the percentage of muslims among somalis is higher than that of arabs. Needless to say a somali name is a muslim name.

Waryaa, it is true saaxib! He is from the Syrian Orthodox church. I watched his surmon on TV and he was saying ; Allah, etc

[Lamagoodle]

Waryaa, google and see saaxib.

There is even an Anglican Bishop who goes by that name

http://www.theanglicanchurchtt.com/bish ... y/bishops/

[Hyperactive]

lama what you forgetting is islamic names as iconic names. somali names are somali names that use by somalis whatever muslims or not. the name wouldnt make you a muslim. it's their iconic that makes them important to some of us.

i have seen some people their father or grandpa named goleed and they name their kid after their father or granpa.

hassan name is just a name, but if you intentions to name after sayidina Hassan r.a then that becomes islamic to you.

[waryaa]

lamg, thnx. I've seen non Muslim Abdalla lakin hearing "Bishop Abd" is kinda odd at first