Somali Names Novels & Stories

suggested Alpha River in a firm voice. "I don't like those names. My top five names were Nefertiti, Amina, Fatima, Yaa Asantewaa, and Makeda. My wolf liked Amona Reinas better, therefore I am not changing it." responded Miriam, sounding irritated by his request. "Fine! It's your name, but it is a lot." confessed Alpha River, not happy at all. "That's fine! I don't care if other people like it as long as I love it." declared Miriam with a chuckle.

"Our little wolf." I glanced at Katherine, my thoughts turning to the future. "What shall we call him?" I asked. Katherine's eyes sparkled. "Sambora." I raised an eyebrow. "Sambora?" Katherine nodded. "It means peace. The one who has brought us peace.” My heart swelled with emotion. "Sambora it is, then." I gazed at our son, his name now a perfect fit. "Sambora, our little wolf."

Somehow she felt like it was wrong to even think of him this way. “Kwezilomso” Lebo called out her name making her eyes pop as she looked at him horrified, no one calls her by her full name, only her mother but that is when she is angry at her for whatever reason. “Did you have to call me by my full name?” she asked him and Lebo smiled. “Yes, because it doesn’t give out the full meaning of your name when its shortened.” That answer made Kwezi pop her eyes again, she did not think that he knew the meaning of her name, they were from different tribes, Lebo is Sotho while she is Xhosa and it was no secret that those tribes had a feud.