Somali Submitted Surnames

Somali names are used in the country of Somalia in eastern Africa.

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- example: +greek +(legend myth) -zeus will match Greek names of myths or legends not about Zeus
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- example: *oo* will match names which contain oo
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- example: __z will match names which have two letters and then a z

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

AXMED Somali
Somali form of Ahmed.

DUALEH Somali
Meaning unknown.

HASAN Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian, Somali
From the given name Hasan.

IBRAHIM Arabic, Somali, Urdu
From the given name Ibrahim.

ISMAIL Arabic, Urdu, Somali, Bengali
From the given name Ismail.

KHALIF Somali
Somali form of Khalifa.

MAXAMED Somali
Somali form of Muhammad.

MOHAMED Arabic, Somali
Variant transcription of Muhammad.

NOOR Arabic, Urdu, Somali, Bengali, Persian
Variant transcription of Nur.

OMAR Arabic, Somali
Variant transcription of Umar.

SAID Arabic, Somali, Urdu
From the given name Sa'id.

SHARIF Bengali (Muslim), Urdu, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Indian (Muslim), Persian, Arabic, Somali
From the Arabic title شَرِيف (šarīf) meaning "noble, honoured, excellent", denoting a Muslim ruler, religious leader, or descendant of Muhammad.

SHEIKH Indian (Muslim), Bengali (Muslim), Urdu, Somali, Arabic, Persian, Punjabi
From the Arabic title شَيْخ (šayḵ) meaning "chief, chieftain, head", used as title to denote a political or spiritual leader of a Muslim community.