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Shukriya

/shook-REE-yah/Fulani & Hausa & Somali · a girl’s name

Gratitude; thankfulness.

In Fulani

How to say it
shook-REE-yah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Mali
How common
rare

From the same family

In Hausa

How to say it
shook-REE-yah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

ShukriyaShukriyyaShukriyyah

Nicknames & short forms

From the same family

In Somali

How to say it
shook-REE-yah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
How common
common
For a boy
Shukri

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

ShukriyaShukria

From the same family