name
Alpha
AL-fah
/ˈælfɑː/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
Alpha
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Mandinka/Fula/Guinea
- Meaning
- Scholar, religious leader; an Islamic honorific
- Gender
- male
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