Jama (name)

Jama
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Somali

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).

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
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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