Jama (name)
| Jama | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Somali |
Jama (Somali: Jaamac, Arabic: جامع) is a common Somali male name. Jama is used as a short version of Jamshid, it is common mostly in Post-Soviet countries
Given name
- Jama Musse Jama, Somali ethnomathematician and author
- Jama Ali Jama, Somali politician in the state of Puntland
- Jama Garad Ali, traditional Dhulbahante clan chief
- Jama Korshel, Major General and former Head of the Somali Police Force
Surname
- Abdirahman Jama Barre, Somali politician; former Foreign Minister and Finance Minister of Somalia
- Maya Jama, Somali-Swedish broadcast journalist
- Mohamed Jama, world and European K1 and Thai Boxing champion
- Mohammed Ahamed Jama, Norwegian-Somali footballer; plays for Tromsdalen UIL
- Shire Jama Ahmed, Somali linguist; devised Latin script for transcribing the Somali language
- Farah Mohamed Jama Awl, Somali writer
- Asha Jama, Somali-Canadian social activist, and former TV reporter and journalist
- Salah Hassan Jama, former appointed chief of the Somali Army
- Farah Ali Jama, former Puntland Minister of Finance
- Nathif Jama Adam, Somali banker, writer and politician
- Osman Jama Ali, Somali politician and former Prime Minister of Somalia
- Hibaq Jama, Somali-British politician; Labour Party Ward Councillor representing Lawrence Hill neighbourhood in Bristol
- Ahmed Sheikh Jama, Somali academician, writer, poet and politician
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