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Shahd
/SHAHD/
Somali
· a girl’s name
“Arabic-derived: honey.”
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SHAHD
Given to
Girls
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
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uncommon
From the same family
01
Shahida
“Arabic-derived: female witness; it can also be understood as “one who testifies.””
Somali
female
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02
Shahiida
“Arabic-derived: female martyr.”
Somali
female
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