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Jama

/JAH-mah/Somali & Zulu · a boy’s name

Gatherer, one who brings together; commonly a shortened or transliterated form of Jaamac.

In Somali

How to say it
JAH-mah
Given to
Boys
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
How common
common

From the same family

In Zulu

How to say it
JAH-mah
Given to
Boys
Used in
South Africa
How common
rare · also a surname

From the same family