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Rakiya

/rah-KEE-yah/Hausa · a girl’s name

“Arabic-derived: elevated, dignified, and spiritually strong”

How to say it
rah-KEE-yah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

RakiyaRuqayyaRukayya

Nicknames & short forms

Raki