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Meaning & History
This name is originally from the Arabic name Said. Among West Africa's Manding people, mainly in Northern Cote d'Ivoire in places like Kong, Dabakala, Satama Sokura and Sokoro. A variant of the name in Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea where the same Mande people with differing dialects live, Seydou. The Manding actual name for Said is "Bakounandi" (the lucky one). It may be given to a baby girl, and yet has to be written "Makounandi", the prefix "Ba" being form males and "Ma" for females.