Please i have a question for my hausa friends on Nairaland, does an hausa man has a native name apart from muslim names? For instance if u want to know if a particular muslim is a yoruba man is through his name like dis: tajudeen abiola, usman tunde, muhammed ajibola.

Mr. Aladin:
Please i have a question for my hausa friends on Nairaland, does an hausa man has a native name apart from muslim names? For instance if u want to know if a particular muslim is a yoruba man is through his name like dis: tajudeen abiola, usman tunde, muhammed ajibola.

Is this question for Muslims or Hausas because there are Christian Hausas and Christians Fulanis
Of course they do have native names

Hausa and Islam have become two indivisible elements such that these days, the two have been intertwined and it can be difficult telling what's of Hausa or Islamic origin. But yes, some Hausas have native names.

Yes...In Borno where there are kauri people and native hausa, you would see so many native names(traditional) buduwara for example is a native borno name, when you go to yobe dominated by kanuri too..you will see so many traditional native names like pyam still a name in Plateau state. Jigawa is also a place for traditional names not taking away Adamawa and Taraba..where you see Bawa,Tafawa Babangida, Babanawa among many Baba..the North West is a place where you see less of traditional names; states like Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina and Zamfara. Locating a traditional name there would be very difficult though that is the home of hausa where the names are supposed to be numerous..the hausa bakwai...i hope by this few points of mine you are convinced and not confused beyond normal peoples doubt that there are a lot of traditional names up dia...by the way, i have been to almost all northern states#justsaying sha..no vex abeg

they all have muhammed as nick name

BetaThings:
Is this question for Muslims or Hausas because there are Christian Hausas and Christians Fulanis
Of course they do have native names

Abeg help me ask him, the topic is entirely wrong, as Northern muslims are found in so many tribes, Nupe, huasa fulani, igala, ebira, tiv, idoma, karuni, idoma, yoruba of ilorin, the over 50 tribes of taraba, etc

Suddenly all these muslims from different tribe are simply Hausa, op please change the name of your thread is do hausa muslims have native names other than muslim names or whatever!

And yes Hausa muslims do have names other than muslims name Ciroma, dangote, magawata etc

Swiftlee: Yes

Give examples please

@OP, yes of course SHEKAU is not a Muslim name but Hausa native name.

Yes dey hav...Kawu,Kyauta,Tasallah,Gambo,Jummai,Danliti and Talatu...
But wait,how did this topic makes the front page

it is quite rare for northern muslims to have native names.Best you get most times is the name of thier village added to their names e.g Muhammed Kwajaffa.......kwajaffa na village. But christians there still have their native names. DATS MY OBSERVATION!

Badamasi

Dangote

they all have muhammed as nick name

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Yerima

Tambuwal

Shagari

Bello

Ghadafy: @OP, yes of course SHEKAU is not a Muslim name but Hausa native name.

sorry o, do u mean the boko leader? just 4 asking sake shaa cos that name no dey friendly at all

Yes they do. Actually I think since many of them are Muslims, they prefer their Arabic/Islamic names so much so that even the Christians among them too bear Arabic names e.g "Yakubu" Gowon, Late Gov. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa etc. I know a couple of Southern Kaduna people that answer names like Zainab, Fatima etc too.
However, names like Bako, Maigida, Maikasuwa and all the Mai----- are hausa names. They also bear names of the towns like Kabiru "Sokoto", Atahiru "Jega", Shehu "Shagari" etc

Yes nw.
Sum names lyk babangida,aliero,tani,hussaini,dangote,buhari,kashim,yero,magatakaruda,dakingari e.t.c

Hausas have some tribal names aside islamic names. But some of the names are names of towns or villages. E.g Mohammed MAKARFI, Haruna DANJA, Dahiru BAUCHI. Other names are SAMBO, NAMADI, ALINKO, GARBA (which also mean Abubakar) SAWABA etc.

Honestly the OP should have done a little research there are dozens of Fulani and hausa names it is such a ridiculous question. Also you have Borno people with theirr

Most towns are based on Individual names and people bear those names
Kano
Kaduna
Balewa
Shagari
Deribe
Abacha
Bello
Atiku
Galadima
Maitama
Dantata
Binta
Dankaro
Dikko
Ciroma
Dan Fodio
Maccido
Kangiwa
Goni
Balarabe

Lateef9961: Yes nw. Sum names lyk babangida,aliero,tani,hussaini,dangote,buhari,kashim,yero,magatakaruda,dakingari e.t.c

i suggest that DANGOTE should be igbo name cos money dey follow that name. infact make una dey call me alinko Dangote abeg

Is Shehu an Arabic name?

Very well, names like Danladi, Danjuma, Dantata etc are all native names.

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Yar Adua, Murtala ?

most hausas bear their village names but they still have native names. Shamwill, Godiya, Kauna, Danbaba are all native names.

Yea names lik Gonto, Nuhu, Ribadu, Rufai, Atiku, Bafarawa, Abacha etc are Hausa names.

Musa
Ado
Gambo
Zuara
Jamila
Danjuma
Hamma
Bashir
Sani
Alaksan
Hamisu
Sale
Yusuf