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Badamosi
Origin
Language(s)	Hausa, Yoruba
Word/name	Nigeria
Meaning	servant of the generous one
Region of origin	Northern part and Southwestern Nigeria

Badamosi is a Nigerian male given name and surname predominantly used among African Muslims, particularly within the Hausas and pronounced Gbadamosi in most Yoruba communities. Derived from Arabic, "Badmus" with the meaning "servant of the generous one" Also, from another view, which stated that the name "Badamosi" a name of unexplained origin from O̩yo̩ state in Western, Nigeria; possibly an adjectival derivative of the name of the city of Ghadames (Berber Ɣdames) on the caravanserai route over the desert in Libya on the borders of Tunisia and Algeria.^[1]

Notable individuals with the name

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Ibrahim Babangida (born 17 August 1941), Nigerian statesman and military dictator.

References

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^ "Gbadamosi Surname Meaning & Gbadamosi Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2024-11-13.