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Shakir

/SHAH-kir/Fulani & Hausa & Somali & Swahili · a boy’s name

Thankful and appreciative

In Fulani

How to say it
SHAH-kir
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Mali
How common
uncommon · also a surname

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

ShakirShaker

From the same family

In Hausa

How to say it
SHAH-kir
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
uncommon
For a girl
Shakira

From the same family

In Somali

How to say it
SHAA-kir
Given to
Boys
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
How common
uncommon

In Swahili

How to say it
SHA-kir
Given to
Boys
Used in
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
How common
uncommon

From the same family