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Elmi

/EL-mee/Somali · a boy’s name

Somali form of Arabic ʿilm: “knowledge” or “learning.”

How to say it
EL-mee
Given to
Boys
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
How common
common · also a surname

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

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