Mamadou
\ma.ma.du\♂French boy's name
A French boy's name, first recorded around 1897.
At a glance
| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| First recorded | 1897 |
| Pronunciation | \ma.ma.du\ |
Origin and meaning
Ultimately from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad), via North and West African languages such as Hausa Muhammadu. Doublet of Mahomet and Mohammed. (1897) The noun comes from the given name. It was first used in a catholic faith report to describe derogatorily an undetermined African person.
Where it is mostly given
- Arabia/Persia
Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Arthur Crbz (France (Occitanie)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).