name
Bakary
bah-KAH-ree
/bɑːˈkɑːriː/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
bakary
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Bambara/Dyula (Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire); from Arabic Abu Bakr via Mande languages
- Meaning
- Father of the young camel; from the name of the first Caliph Abu Bakr
- Gender
- male
- Also spelled
- Bakary, Bakar, Boubacar
Pronunciation tips
Three syllables; stress the second; final '-ry' is a long 'ree'
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