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Khadiijo

/kha-dee-jo/Somali · a girl’s name

“Arabic-derived: gentle and patient”

How to say it
kha-dee-jo
Given to
Girls
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

KhadiijoKhadijaKhadijah

Nicknames & short forms

Khadra

From the same family

01Khadar“[Arabic-derived] Green, flourishing, and full of renewed life”Somalimale→︎02Khadija“Arabic-derived: pure and virtuous”Somalifemale→︎03Khadra“An Arabic-derived name meaning verdant or flourishing, with associations of freshness and life”Somalifemale→︎