Jama (name)
Jama (Somali: Jaamac, Arabic: جامع) is a common Somali male name. The name is usually given to boys born on the blessed Islamic day of Friday (jumu’ah).
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Somali |
Typically, the name is found in the Northern regions of Greater Somalia.
Given name
- Jama Ali Jama, Somali politician in the state of Puntland
- Jama Ali Korshel, Major General and former Head of the Somali Police Force
- Jama Garad Ali, traditional Dhulbahante clan chief
- Jama Elmi Kadiye, Somali poet (1950–2023)
- Jama Musse Jama, Somali ethnomathematician and author
- Jama Gure Qobey, Somali politician
Surname
- Abdirahman Jama Barre, Somali politician; former Foreign Minister and Finance Minister of Somalia
- Ahmed Sheikh Jama, Somali academician, writer, poet and politician
- Asha Jama, Somali-Canadian social activist, and former TV reporter and journalist
- Farah Ali Jama, former Puntland Minister of Finance
- Farah Mohamed Jama Awl, Somali writer
- Hibaq Jama, Somali-British politician; Labour Party Ward Councillor representing Lawrence Hill neighbourhood in Bristol
- Kayse Jama, Somali-American politician
- Maya Jama, Somali-Swedish broadcast journalist and British TV/Radio presenter.
- Mohammed Ahamed Jama, Norwegian-Somali footballer; plays for Tromsdalen UIL
- Nathif Jama Adam, Somali banker, writer and politician
- Osman Jama Ali, Somali politician and former Prime Minister of Somalia
- Salah Hassan Jama, former chief of the Somali Army
- Salah Jama, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia
- Shire Jama Ahmed, Somali linguist; devised Latin script for transcribing the Somali language
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