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Elhadji

/el-HAJ-ee/Fulani · a boy’s name

“One who has completed the blessed pilgrimage to Mecca”

How to say it
el-HAJ-ee
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Mali
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

ElhadjiEl HadjiElhadj

From the same family

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