name
Danjuma
dan-JOO-mah
dænˈdʒuːmɑListen
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Danjuma
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Hausa (Nigeria/Niger)
- Meaning
- a masculine Hausa name meaning son of Friday, from the Hausa dan (son of) and Jumma (Friday, the day of communal prayer in Islam); names incorporating the day of birth are common across the Hausa-speaking Sahel and reflect the centrality of the Islamic calendar in everyday Hausa life; Friday-born children are considered especially blessed in Hausa Islamic tradition because Juma'a is the most sacred day of the week, and a son born on that day is expected to carry a quality of communal generosity and spiritual authority, making Danjuma a name of high social expectation and religious significance
- Gender
- male
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