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Mukhtar

/mookh-TAHR/Hausa · a boy’s name

“Arabic-derived; trusted, chosen, or appointed for a task”

How to say it
mookh-TAHR
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
common

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The name & its alternative spellings

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