MadNomad
As i live and breathe
Whilst i personally encourage Somali names, we must recognise that the acceptance of islamic Arabic names doesn't mean that we're loosing/negating our culture (which is an Islamic culture btw)
See for many of us living in the anglo-sphere (especially England, UK), when we hear names like 'george' or 'christopher', we automatically assume that they are standard English names when they are infact Greek names.
Just like how Arabic is the language for Islam, Greek/Latin (although Nabi isa/Jesus pbuh spoke Aramaic) is the same for Christianity but to the average english guy, names like George are normal and accepted as part of English cultural identity.
Even today many English people still assume that their patron saint, Saint George, was an Englishman even though he was a Greek-Palestinian/levantine Roman soldier
Overall I agree with @government that Islamic Arabic names that Somalis commonly use (abdi) are culturally just as somali as our pure somali names (sharmarke).
All very fair points
Still don't like Arabic name on a personal level though
