Galih Names: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:38, 3 June 2026

Male	Female
Musa	Hinan
Amastan	Kella
Amoud	Takamat
Ahitagel	Tiugas
Ahmadu	Kanuri
Ibrahim	Katu
Akhmad	Kenna
Aljilani	Kenwa
Busari	Kulla
Balkhu	Laha
Agoda	Lalla
Akhanokhan	Laysa
Khadakhada	Senana
Alkhurer	Senniri
Bazu	Stera
Teguidda	Tabeiyat
Kaocen	Tabelwit
Sanusi	Tadast
Boula	Tahart
Rhissa	Tahenkot
Aoutchiki	Taiya
Kriska	Takament
Tabdali	Aisha
Guma	Fatima
Taghama	Khadija
Tsofo	Zaynab
Umaru	Maryam
Humad	Amina
Salim	Halima
Rashid	Salma
Hamdan	Layla
Jaber	Safiya
Faris	Ruqayya
Sakr	Hind
Dhiab	Nura
Awad	Zahra
Mubarak	Jamila
Nasser	Latifa
Ali	Naima
Abdullah	Sitti

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-Galih Names (Male
+{| class="wikitable"
+!Male
-Musa / Moussa
+!Female
+|-
-Amastan / Mastan
+|Musa
+|Hinan
-Amoud / Amud
+|-
+|Amastan
-Ahitagel — named as an Ahaggar king before Musa ag Mastan.
+|Kella
+|-
-Ahmadu
+|Amoud
+|Takamat
-Ahmadu ag Musa — listed in Rodd’s index.
+|-
+|Ahitagel
-Ibrahim
+|Tiugas
+|-
-Akhmad / Ahmad
+|Ahmadu
+|Kanuri
-Aljilani
+|-
+|Ibrahim
-Busari
+|Katu
+|-
-Makhammad / Muhammad
+|Akhmad
+|Kenna
-Balkhu
+|-
+|Aljilani
-Wan Agoda
+|Kenwa
+|-
-Akhanokhan
+|Busari
+|Kulla
-Khadakhada
+|-
+|Balkhu
-Alkhurer
+|Laha
+|-
-Bazu
+|Agoda
+|Lalla
-Teguidda
+|-
+|Akhanokhan
-Kaocen
+|Laysa
+|-
-Sanusi
+|Khadakhada
+|Senana
-Boula
+|-
+|Alkhurer
-Rhissa
+|Senniri
+|-
-Aoutchiki
+|Bazu
+|Stera
-Kriska,
+|-
+|Teguidda
-Tabdali
+|Tabeiyat
+|-
-Guma
+|Kaocen
+|Tabelwit
-Taghama
+|-
+|Sanusi
-Tsofo
+|Tadast
+|-
-Umaru
+|Boula
+|Tahart
-Humad
+|-
+|Rhissa
-Salim, Rashid, Hamdan, Jaber, Faris, Sakr, Dhiab, Awad, Mubarak, Nasser, Ali, Abdullah.
+|Tahenkot
+|-
-Galih Names (Female)
+|Aoutchiki
+|Taiya
-Tin Hinan — legendary Tuareg queen/ancestress; not 19th c., but culturally iconic. Her name is often glossed as “woman/she of the tents.”
+|-
+|Kriska
-Kella — associated in legend with Tin Hinan’s daughter or granddaughter.
+|Takament
+|-
-Takamat — another legendary female figure in the Tin Hinan tradition.
+|Tabdali
+|Aisha
-T’iugas — a woman named in Tuareg historical tradition in People of the Veil, connected with the Kel Owi origin story.
+|-
+|Guma
-Kanuri
+|Fatima
+|-
-Katu
+|Taghama
+|Khadija
-Kenna
+|-
+|Tsofo
-Kenwa
+|Zaynab
+|-
-Kulla
+|Umaru
+|Maryam
-Laha
+|-
+|Humad
-Lalla
+|Amina
+|-
-Laysa
+|Salim
+|Halima
-Senana
+|-
+|Rashid
-Senniri
+|Salma
+|-
-Stera
+|Hamdan
+|Layla
-Tabeiyat
+|-
+|Jaber
-Tabelwit
+|Safiya
+|-
-Tadast
+|Faris
+|Ruqayya
-Tahart — glossed as “lioness” in one Amazigh-name compilation drawing on M. A. Haddadou.
+|-
+|Sakr
-Tahenkot / Tahenkoṭ — glossed there as “gazelle.”
+|Hind
+|-
-Taiya
+|Dhiab
+|Nura
-Takament
+|-
+|Awad
-Aisha
+|Zahra
+|-
-Fatima
+|Mubarak
+|Jamila
-Khadija / Khadijeh
+|-
+|Nasser
-Zaynab / Zeinab
+|Latifa
+|-
-Maryam / Mariam
+|Ali
+|Naima
-Amina / Amineh
+|-
+|Abdullah
-Halima
+|Sitti
+|}
-Salma
-Layla / Leila
-Safiya
-Ruqayya
-Hind
-Nura / Noora
-Zahra
-Jamila
-Latifa
-Na‘ima / Naima
-Sitt / Sitti