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Abdirahman

/ab-dee-RAH-man/Somali · a boy’s name

“Arabic-derived: servant of the Most Merciful”

How to say it
ab-dee-RAH-man
Given to
Boys
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
How common
very common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

AbdirahmanAbdulrahmanCabdiraxmaan

Nicknames & short forms

Abdi

From the same family

01Abdi“Arabic-derived: servant of God; a name associated with devotion”Somalimale→︎02Abdijaliil“Servant of the Majestic, a name expressing devotion to God”Somalimale→︎03Abdinuur“Servant of light, suggesting faith and spiritual radiance”Somalimale→︎04Abdisalam“Arabic-derived: servant of the Source of Peace”Somalimale→︎