Got made fun of for having a Somali name... in Somalia

[Baarisiyomoos]

Where you pronouncing your name with an English accent by any chance? I know too many Somali girls called Hodan who keep saying it as ho-dan even when they’re with Somalia people, or Yaxyes saying it as ‘yaya’ I fully support bullying such people. Sorry not sorry.

No I said my name how my parents say it so I think it’s right.

 

[Baarisiyomoos]

That’s my cousins name, traditional habargidir name

 

[Baarisiyomoos]

I agree ive lost count of the times ive seen somalis naming a kid after a place or item

diamond = dheeman
Lemon= Leymuun
Honey= Hani
Berlin = Baarliin
Palestine= Falastiin

My mom was gonna name me Dheeman but my dad said that was a stupid name so I missed out

 

[Baarisiyomoos]

The best Somali name for a girl I've heard is Asha, such a nice name

Isn’t Asha just Aisha? But a different spelling

 

[Baarisiyomoos]

Wallahi the weirdest somali name i have heard till this day is ISTERLINN

What does that even mean

 

[mr steal your naag]

What does that even mean

Sxb its a darood/ puntland name. Thats the only thing i know about it

 

[Mercury]

What does that even mean

maybe they meant this lol

 

[salma saluuni]

Met a Somali girl called Rosalina

 

[AbdiS]

You probably have a name like "dhuluufyeere". Wlh I met one guy with a name like that.

 

[Amirah]

“LIBIN”, what does it mean? @Baarisiyomoos

I personally never heard of this name either, at first I thought you meant Liban? But it’s pronounced Li - Bin innit? And you’re a girl? I can see why they were laughing. I’m surprised no one else on this thread said the same thing

 

[Western4Life]

There's a Somali woman called Ruushka. She's in her 50s or 60s. I'm bad with ages.

 

[arawelo]

I agree ive lost count of the times ive seen somalis naming a kid after a place or item

diamond = dheeman
Lemon= Leymuun
Honey= Hani
Berlin = Baarliin
Palestine= Falastiin

Lemon???

 

[Baarisiyomoos]

“LIBIN”, what does it mean? @Baarisiyomoos

I personally never heard of this name either, at first I thought you meant Liban? But it’s pronounced Li - Bin innit? And you’re a girl? I can see why they were laughing. I’m surprised no one else on this thread said the same thing

Libin means winner or victorious. It’s not Liban it’s Libin Im a girl.

 

[hannah54321]

The best Somali name for a girl I've heard is Asha, such a nice name

I think that’s Swahili

 

[somali-girl]

wait is hamda a tradional somali name???

 

[Dooyo]

Exotic, foreign names are all the rage now back home. Baarliin, Istanbuul, Tasneem, Istarliin, Shanaz, Shazam, Shehnaaz, Natasha, etc. It’s ridiculous.

 

[Anisah The Serpent]

Exotic, foreign names are all the rage now back home. Baarliin, Istanbuul, Tasneem, Istarliin, Shanaz, Shazam, Shehnaaz, Natasha, etc. It’s ridiculous.

I will lose my mind if I see a somali "sanjeet"

 

[Dooyo]

I will lose my mind if I see a somali "sanjeet".

We’ll totally see one, soon enough. I’ve seen loads of people back home with Indian movie star nicknames.

“Warya, Hrithik! Kaalay noo jaas!”

 

[Jibismacaan]

I went to Somalia a year ago for the first time ever and my family would ask me what my name is and when I would tell them they would laugh and say “What is that? What kind of name is that?” They even told my mom that she should’ve given me another name. But the gag is my name is a traditional old somali name

I went to Somalia a year ago for the first time ever and my family would ask me what my name is and when I would tell them they would laugh and say “What is that? What kind of name is that?” They even told my mom that she should’ve given me another name. But the gag is my name is a traditional old somali name

LMAO!!!! I went to Somalia and got no blacklash but older Somalis in the west have questioned me about my namePeople just do too much. Btw My name is Mayran. I guess Somali names are out of date

 

[Naacasfrompunt]

Met a Somali girl called Rosalina

Must a been mixed with italian