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Buba

/BOO-bah/Fulani & Hausa · a boy’s name

A common West African familiar form or variant of Abubakar/Abū Bakr.

In Fulani

How to say it
BOO-bah
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Mali
How common
common

In Hausa

How to say it
BOO-bah
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
very common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings