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Kunya: in Muslim names: as being the father or mother of somebody. Thus Mohammed abu Jamil indicates "Mohammed, father of Jamil". Umm in place of abu means "mother of". Evidently, this indicates that Muslim names change during the life-cycle of the person to a greater extent that with Western names, where the change is usually limited to one at marriage (though this is becoming less common in Western societies).
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