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Ruqiyo

/roo-QEE-yoh/Somali · a girl’s name

“Somali form of Ruqiya/Ruqayya, traditionally connected with rising or ascent.”

How to say it
roo-QEE-yoh
Given to
Girls
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

RuqiyoRuqiya

Nicknames & short forms

Ruqi

From the same family

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