Diène, is a typical
Serer patronym
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic.
Patronymics are used, ...
in
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
. It can also be a Serer
first name
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
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for a female, which can be inherited as middle name from the mother.
[Gastellu , Jean-Marc "L'Egalitarisme économique des Serer du Sénégal", IRD Editions (1981), p 64, ] In English speaking
Gambia
The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the List of African countries by area, smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for ...
, the variantes of this surname (also worn by the Serers) include ''Jein''. People carrying this name include :
*
Doudou Diène (born 1941), former
United Nations Special Rapporteur
Special rapporteur (or independent expert) is the title given to independent human rights experts whose expertise is called upon by the United Nations (UN) to report or advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific perspective.
De ...
.
*
Louis Diène Faye (born 1936), anthropologist and author on
Serer religion
The Serer religion or Serer spirituality (''Serer language, Serer:'' A Æat Roog, meaning "the way of the Divine", "path of God", or "religious life"Kalis, Simone, ''Médecine traditionnelle, religion et divination chez les Seereer Siin du Sénà ...
.
*For ''Laba Diène Ngom'' - the 19th century historical figure during the reign of
Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene Famak Joof, see
Saltigue and the
Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune (also called the ''Battle of Somb'').
Notes
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Surnames of Serer origin