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Cawad

/CAH-wad/Somali · a boy’s name

“Arabic ʿAwaḍ/ʿIwāḍ: “compensation,” “replacement,” or “recompense.””

How to say it
CAH-wad
Given to
Boys
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

CawadAwad

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