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Munawwar

/moo-NAW-wahr/Hausa & Somali · a boy’s name

“Radiant, enlightened, and full of light”

In Hausa

How to say it
moo-NAW-wahr
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
rare

From the same family

01Muna“Wishes, hopes, desires; from Arabic munā.”Hausafemale→︎02Munawwara“Arabic-derived: radiant and full of light”Hausafemale→︎

In Somali

How to say it
moo-NAW-war
Given to
Boys
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
How common
rare

From the same family

01Muna“A cherished wish and a child of hopeful dreams”Somalifemale→︎