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Aatif
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Hausa & Somali
· a boy’s name
“Compassionate and tender-hearted”
In
Hausa
How to say it
AA-tif
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
uncommon
Every way to write it
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Aatif
Atif
In
Somali
How to say it
AA-tif
Given to
Boys
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
How common
rare