Ha yah yah yah!!!
Two years ago i met a young boy in
Obudu Cross River State, name Methuselah

I think the reason for all this was as a result of the native africans who were just learning english for the first time so they embraced the white man's language over enthusiastically and probably loved the oyinbo more than they loved themselves. So as a result of that, they abandoned there so called old and "primitive" ways so as to become "mordern", therefore they started naming themselves and children names like 'Pillar', 'Government', 'Polycarp white', 'Hitler' and so on and so forth. They remind of what the late Fela used to call "Gentleman".

I thought these were meant to be funny Nigerian names?

Most of these names are English.

Ingredient

whiteroses:

Ingredient

WHAT?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!??! Pleeeeeeease tell me you are lying.

Atutupoyoyo, Onobleyor, Onopreshor, Ogbole, Lazarus, Boniface, Bonacristus,
Bonaventure, Magnus, Ignatius

AJIOTELE: Name of a Benue state woman. When translated in Obowu, it means something I am not prepared to say it here.

I know two people named, GoodNews, and Wiseman. LMAO

I have heard Goodnews wen I waz a kid, bt yl growin up I had dis frnd in my villa, he smokes weed all d time, unfortunately his g/frnd got pregnant and gave birth 2a handsome boy. Guess wat his name was? EXCELLENT.
I tot it was a joke bt found out d@ evrybdy called my frnd papa Exce. He lata told me his oda children names wud b QUALITY AND SPECIAL.
I just tel my guy say 2much weed no good.

I have heard of;
Abuja ThankGod
fineface
sokoto

Endwell
ThankGod
Endurance
Richman

Dogo

Sule

Bature (even when the guy is as black as anything you can thing of)

Akomitipoju (couldn't pronounce it at first).

Princegemini:

Dogo

Sule

Bature (even when the guy is as black as anything you can thing of)

Akomitipoju (couldn't pronounce it at first).

Dogo- I almost laughed my ribs out when I heard it at first, it is also the name of an Ikwerre- land- thief/ snatcher in Port-Harcourt, heard the guy has an ear chopped off

Akomitipoju- LMAOOOOO Reminds me of Naeto C

apparently there's folks that bear greatness. . .

Saint

Jesus(surname)_initially bore " 'Isa "

Saint

Jesus(surname)_initially bore " 'Isa "

I've heard of a 'God is Good' and personally know 'Goodnews' and 'Triumphant Grandeur'

My Gateman back in those days was called QUALITY.
Then in school there was a guy called GLORY and another one called BRIGHT.

I dont know why some parents do this to their children 

You guys should also be worried about non-Nigerian names such as :
Hassan
Abdul.
Kasrim.
Kassim.
Yusuf.
Idris.
Waheed
Habiba.
Teslim.
Hakeem.
Mustapha
Jelili
And other useless mid-east names that means nothing in Nigerian culture.

Andre dont be so naive. The names u listed out are muslim names, and ofcourse there are thousands of muslims in nigeria, so they are allowed to name their children according to the islamic rites.

Cute500:

Andre dont be so naive. The names u listed out are muslim names, and ofcourse there are thousands of muslims in nigeria, so they are allowed to name their children according to the islamic rites.

You guys are the ones that are naive. Most of the names listed as funny names are christian names e.g Praise-What is funny to call someone praise God, shortened to praise. Success-God has brought success to my life, Josephat etc are all christian names and goes a long way to show ones christian belief and up-bringing. More funny names are:
Nurudeen.
Zubier or Zubaru
Maleek
Taofeek
Ahmed
Lukman
ETC.

Andre. im sure you have one of those PRAISE names.its cool tho. In todays world, well in the Nigerian world, noboby finds the name Maleek, or Ahmed funny like you have listed above, but if someone walked into a room with a name called ''GOD'S BREAD'' or ''MIGHTY GOD'' i would definately look twice.

davidif:


HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
What of the name Government as in Goverment Tompolo.

I use to think those were just militant nicknames,Government tompolo, sobama George etc 

_{tompolo even has a wiki entry greaaaat!}

oludashmi:

names here keep me rolling 
An Akwa Ibom man told me that 99.5% names in Akwa Ibom have no meaning, I dont know how true sha.

  Really, so all the names that ends with bong has no meaning except 0.5%?
That man is not sure of what he told you.   he is not a true akw man    I bet him.


Imaobong
Mfonobong
otobong
Eno-obong
Idaraobong

more to follow let me make one or two calls, i will be right back.

Imaobong - Godslove
Mfonobong- Godsmercy
otobong- From God
Eno-obong- Godsgift
Idaraobong-Godshappines



Lmo God is highly lifted in Akwa names

Must bong include in all their names? me like their names, 

Just heard someone calling

Sis pentecostal

hmm use to think the Bong in those names mean -se.x

anyway just reading this guys blogd and guess what!!

_{Senator Iyere Ihenyen was born in Lagos in the 80s, but hails from Esan-West L.G.A., Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria. And i[b]f you are wondering if he is a Senator of the Republic, he is not [/b](at least yet)! Senator is his first name! He writes poetry, short fiction and engages in literary research.}

http://senatorihenyen./writer%E2%80%99s-profile/

I know a girl called "GoodNews" and a guy called "Confidence". LOL

http://www.facebook.com/people/Goodnews-Enefiok/1171526365

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/5514397-147/story.csp

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