Alama - Meaning of Alama

What does Alama mean?

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Alama

[ 3 syll. a-la-ma, al-ama ] The baby boy name Alama is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is aa-LAEM-aa- †. Alama is used chiefly in the Swahili language and its origin is African-Swahili. The name's meaning is symbol.

See also the related category swahili.

Alama is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Alama include Ailín (Irish), Alani, Alano (Italian and Spanish), Alin, Almano, Aluin (French), Alynn, Ayalon (Hebrew), Olumoy, Alemana (Hawaiian), Alewina (Hawaiian), Aluino (Spanish), Olaniyan (African), Olumoi, Olaniyin, Olaniyun, Aalam, Alain (English and French), Alam (Arabic), and Alann (English and Scottish).

† English pronunciation for Alama: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"