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Badriya

/bad-REE-yah/Hausa & Swahili · a girl’s name

Radiant and beautiful like the full moon

In Hausa

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

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

BadriyaBadria

Nicknames & short forms

Badi

From the same family

In Swahili

How to say it
BAH-dree-yah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

BadriyaBadriaBadriah

From the same family