name
Ibrahima
ee-brah-HEE-mah
iːbrɑːˈhiːmɑːListen
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Syllable breakdown
Ibrahima
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Fula (West Africa)
- Meaning
- the Fula form of Ibrahim, the Arabic name of the prophet Abraham, one of the most revered prophets in Islam and a name of the highest prestige across the Muslim world; among the Fula people of West Africa, where Islam has been practiced for over a millennium and where the Fula led major jihad reform movements in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries creating the empires of Futa Toro, Futa Jallon, and the Sokoto Caliphate, names with prophetic associations carry profound religious and intellectual honour; Ibrahima is borne by scholars, leaders, and community pillars across the Fula world
- Gender
- male
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