Wakīʿ
وكيع
Say it wa-KEE
Strong and sound
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- w-k-ʿ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The early generations
- Also spelled
- Waki, Wakee, Vekie
Meaning & source
Strong and sound, like a waterskin that lets nothing leak; Ibn Fāris derives the name Wakīʿ from it.
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ومنه قياس اسم وَكِيع.
Who carried this name
- Wakīʿ ibn al-Jarrāḥ of Kufa al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, no. 48 (vol. 9, p. 140)