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Hani

/HAH-nee/Somali & Swahili · a girl’s name

Arabic: happy, content, or at ease.

In Somali

How to say it
HAH-nee
Given to
Girls
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
How common
common

From the same family

In Swahili

How to say it
HAH-nee
Given to
Boys
Used in
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

HaniHany

From the same family