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Yaya

/YAH-yah/Fulani & Hausa · a boy’s name

A traditional Fulani/Fula name carried through generations — its exact literal meaning isn't recorded, which is part of its story

In Fulani

How to say it
YAH-yah
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Mali
How common
common

In Hausa

How to say it
YAH-yah
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

YayaYahya

From the same family