name
Salifu
sah-LEE-foo
/sɑːˈliːfuː/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
salifu
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Mandinka/Mande (The Gambia, Senegal, Ghana); from Arabic Khalifa (successor, caliph)
- Meaning
- Successor; caliph; the successor of the Prophet
- Gender
- male
- Also spelled
- Salifu, Saliph, Khalifa
Common mispronunciations
Confusing with Salif (a related but distinct name); Salifu ends in '-foo'
Pronunciation tips
Three syllables; stress the second; 'fu' is a long 'foo'
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