hi,

I  will add to the list,

1. Mam Beregey (serere)

2. Melbourey (Serere)

3. Sayerr (Serere)

4.Banjugu (Sarahule)

5. Kenmbugut (Serere)

 I have all these names in my family by the way. My father has a passion for
"chossan" names.

aji
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From: Seynabou Secka <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, August 08, 1999 09:52
Subject: Re: COLLECTING TYPICAL GAMBIAN NAMES


>Hi there I will add to the list of names:
>
>Ngor (Serere )
>
>Jogoy (Serere)
>
>Mayekor (Serere)
>
>Coumba (used by different ethnic groups; and means creativity in Swahili)
>
>Jojo (wolof)
>
>Nyanya (wolof)
>
>Botor ( Fanafana )
>
>Nogay (Wolof)
>
>Houdja (wolof).
>
>But,
>I think that we've borrowed lot of names from the Arabs but we've add some
>cultural originality by making them sound more Gambian or Senegalese (i.e
>Seynabou meaning Zeynab ; Baboucar meaning Aboubakr and so on.
>
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