One thing I've noticed with these new young parents.

[tmac]

There are less Abdi names. These Somalis under 30 are not naming their boys Abdi-Something anymore. The Abdi population is on a rapid decline.

No more seeing a family of 4 boys all called Abdi.

[Itrah]

I've noticed they started giving them exotic Arabic names... not even the common Islamic ones but really odd ones.

[SolidCamel]

Sherihan

[AbdiJohnson]

There's a Somali guy with ibn in his legal name

I am

Abdi "bin" Johnson

[PLATINUUM]

GOOD!

[tmac]

There's a Somali guy with ibn in his legal name

I am

Abdi "bin" Johnson

That guy is Sudanese. He's not one of us anymore.

[Idman702]

Why are they all naming their kids Arabic names?

Sabrina (this name is abused and used by new Somali parents)

[Bandit]

My real name is abdi and I named my sister kid abdi am probably gonna name my kids abdi just to keep the tradition going

[SiennaEarth]

What would you name them then? Somalis don't have their own names except those ugly old ones which grandads have. And you can't give them white or A A names. What do you suggest?

[Itrah]

What would you name them then? Somalis don't have their own names except those ugly old ones which grandads have. And you can't give them white or A A names. What do you suggest?

What's so ugly about Awale, Guleed, Samatar, Dalmar, Dirshe etc... sounds much better than shit Arabic names.

[Samatr]

What would you name them then? Somalis don't have their own names except those ugly old ones which grandads have. And you can't give them white or A A names. What do you suggest?

We do have our own names, there's nothing ugly with having a traditonal Somali name, you would have to understand Somali in order to deem a name ugly; can you read Somali poetry? If your answer is no then you can't possibly be a judge of what's a beautiful or ugly Somali name.

[SiennaEarth]

What would you name them then? Somalis don't have their own names except those ugly old ones which grandads have. And you can't give them white or A A names. What do you suggest?

What's so ugly about Awale, Guleed, Samatar, Dalmar, Dirshe etc... sounds much better than shit Arabic names.

The only one that sounds decent in that list is guleed and even that's ugly.

[SiennaEarth]

What would you name them then? Somalis don't have their own names except those ugly old ones which grandads have. And you can't give them white or A A names. What do you suggest?

We do have our own names, there's nothing ugly with having a traditonal Somali name, you would have to understand Somali in order to deem a name ugly; can you read Somali poetry? If your answer is no then you can't possibly be a judge of what's a beautiful or ugly Somali name.

I can read aaf somali but my vocab is limited. I don't have to understand, the sound of the names just dont sound nice.

[tmac]

What would you name them then? Somalis don't have their own names except those ugly old ones which grandads have. And you can't give them white or A A names. What do you suggest?

What's so ugly about Awale, Guleed, Samatar, Dalmar, Dirshe etc... sounds much better than shit Arabic names.

Hate this new breed of Somalis who think ethnic Somali names are uglym

[Itrah]

The only one that sounds decent in that list is guleed and even that's ugly.

You have issues... those are just decent names. Arabic names sound even worse than Somali names with all those Zs & Khs.