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Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by mifavour(f): 9:59pm On Mar 11, 2015

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Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Nobody: 10:12pm On Mar 11, 2015

So when PEJ says
"There is God ooo",
so what she means is "Chukwudi ooo"

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Nobody: 10:18pm On Mar 11, 2015

sagitariusbaby:
Igarra (Etuno) names from Edo state
Meyimi- A philanthropist
Oiza- Goodness
Eshovo- More life
Ometere- The one who does it well
Sizeve- The one that brings good fortune
Omoiza- The one that does good
Okumai- The revelation
Oveze- It shall be well

More Igarra (Etuno names):

Ofureku- Victor/ conqueror

kamishire- lift me up.

Eneshezeyi- Who life pleases.

Eneyeufo- who knows tomorrow.

Efioshomoshi- God's time

Ofuje- Happiness

Ozavogu - child is wealth.

Onimi- Winner
Fekeoshomoshi- serve God
Simpa - what I asked for.

Onini- Purity
Isoiza - Good thing

Asusheyi- No hurry in life
Sugayi- Praise

Akavo- It was talked about.
Oziofu- A child is great.
Osewundo- Endurance/patience

Onozome- you'll reap what you sow.
Vareshe- come and enjoy life.

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Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by DanZubair(m): 10:23pm On Mar 11, 2015

Below are few hausa names
Maimuna- One who does it
Uwani- My Mother
Babangida- Master of the house
Delu- Sister of males
Tanko- Brother of females etc

Though most of the original hausa names sounds irreligious they are still used by hausas in Niger Republic

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Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Chimamaa(f): 10:46pm On Mar 11, 2015

What's the meaning of chinezelum

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by kemifemi: 11:00pm On Mar 11, 2015

I would like to know the meaning of these names

omasan
toritseju
ituah
osahon
adesuwa
efe
anayochukwu
eseosa
efosa
ogochukwu
kikachukwu
chidalu
abumere
kenechukwu
Ovie
Elohor
Imade
Eziwanyi or eziwanne( not sure)
Ene
Obiora
Obinna
Ndubuisi

Thank you

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Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by bigfrancis21: 11:21pm On Mar 11, 2015

Radoillo:

One of my step-grandmas was Igala (she's dead now), so make I put mouth small. The language is very much Yoruboid. My Lagos-raised cousins who are fluent in Yoruba always made comments about how they could decode what my Igala step-grandma was saying. In their own words: "Igala just be like Yoruba. Yoruba person fit use sense decode am."

But due to complete territorial isolation from other Yoruba groups ( their territory is isolated from the Okun Yorubas by Igbirraland) and close relations with Igbos and Idomas over the centuries, a lot of their words now have a non-Yoruba ring to it. For example, the sounds 'ch' and 'gw' are characteristically non-Yoruba, but have filtered into Igala through Idoma and Igbo where those sounds are characteristically in use.

So that while the Yoruba say ise for work and somi for wet, Igala says uche and chomi. And while the Yoruba say ewa for ten, Igala says egwa. (Note the change from s to ch and w to gw which makes those words look non-Yoruba as Yoruba dialects typically do not use those sounds.)

You'll probably see a worldist if you typed "Igala Yoruba worldist" in Google, if you wanna do further comparison of the languages.

This is nice, fa. grin

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Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by bigfrancis21: 11:22pm On Mar 11, 2015

Chimamaa:
What's the meaning of chinezelum

God wedges [away bullets, attacks etc] for me.

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by bigfrancis21: 11:28pm On Mar 11, 2015

kemifemi:
I would like to know the meaning of these names

omasan
toritseju
ituah
osahon
adesuwa
efe
anayochukwu
eseosa
efosa
ogochukwu
kikachukwu
chidalu
abumere
kenechukwu
Ovie
Elohor
Imade
Eziwanyi or eziwanne( not sure)
Ene
Obiora
Obinna
Ndubuisi

Thank you

anayochukwu = We implore (beg) unto God
ogochukwu = God's kindness
kikachukwu = Ginikachukwu? (Gini ka chukwu) What is greater than God? Onyekachukwu = Who is greater than God?
chidalu = Thank God.
abumere = Obumneme? = Literally, am I the one doing [great things]? Rendered more properly as, 'it is not of my doing'.
kenechukwu = Thank God. Or Kelechi. Kene/Kele is the Igbo verb for 'thank' and the noun (thanks) is 'ekene'.
Eziwanyi or eziwanne( not sure) = Ezinwanyi = Good woman, Ezinwanne = good sibling.
Obiora = Heart (obi) of the people (ora)
Obinna = Heart(obi) of the father (nna)
Ndubuisi = Life (ndu) is (bu) important (isi).

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Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by U2ice(m): 11:31pm On Mar 11, 2015

pinkycute:
No problem

In cash oo

Dnt like bin paid in kind cos I aint so kind...

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Setaje(f): 11:32pm On Mar 11, 2015

JoeCutie:
What does it mean?

Means Oluwadurotimi in yoruba and God is standing wiv me in English

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by JoeCutie(m): 11:36pm On Mar 11, 2015

Setaje:

Means Oluwadurotimi in yoruba and God is standing wiv me in English

Oh, that's good.

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Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Nobody: 11:56pm On Mar 11, 2015

osemudiamen
origin:ishan/esan in edo state
meaning:God stands for me

osose
origin:ishan/esan in edo state
meaning:God's own

omonigho
origin:ishan/esan in edo state
meaning:child is greater than money

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Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by mifavour(f): 12:59am On Mar 12, 2015

missbeebee:
IDOMA NAMES.
Ehi-Gift
Agbenu-wealth
Abahi-enjoyment
Enai-mother of nations
Oche-king
Ochanya-queen
Ocholofu-God is powerful
Ochogbe-God is great

no vex what's the meaning of inedu

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Nobody: 1:04am On Mar 12, 2015

Lol! Abasi kpeme nyin!

hungryboy:
..Ibibio names.
Ekpo=ghost
Etim=beat am
Eyo=endure am

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Nobody: 1:05am On Mar 12, 2015

Kainebechukwu : let's hope on God. Proudly igbo! Can someone pls tell me the meaning of Oluwabode? Will like this name for my future son.

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Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by ikojo2(f): 1:05am On Mar 12, 2015

Igala names
Ikojo = god's time
Edeje = patience
Ojoma = god know
Ojone = god own
Ugwede = I thank god

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Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Nobody: 1:18am On Mar 12, 2015

HsLBroker:
you know we ijebus are actually from jerusalem, we are then called jebusites, but after the war with isreal we migrated to egypt then there is a war btw us and egyptian then we migrated to other part of africans land before we came to ijebu land.

So you still dey believe this cock and bull story? How can yoruba migrate from upper Egypt and Igbos from Isreal? Na fly dem fly reach here abi na private jet dem carry?

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Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Nobody: 1:21am On Mar 12, 2015

NgwaManNaija4LF:
Iheanyichuckwu,nothing is greater than God. Thank you,anyway that's my lovely name .

I love ur name, mine is kainebechukwu.

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Nobody: 1:25am On Mar 12, 2015

Kosisochukwu: as it pleases God.

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Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Nobody: 1:41am On Mar 12, 2015

Ogo in my own Igbo means benevolence, Amara means grace, Omiko means compassion, ebere means mercy.

sanc2s:
Ugochukwu means Gods pride. Not Gods grace. God's grace is Ebere Chukwu- Gods grace or Gods mercy

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Nobody: 3:45am On Mar 12, 2015

Please what do these names mean:
Obukhome, Igbunu, Uyoyo, Oghenecaro, oghenemena, oghale. Obaro, okeoghene, oghenevwede, oghenemero, akpobome, ojevwe, omosefe, ejoke, ovwo, voke...
Are they all Urhobo or are the both Isoko and Urhobo names.

Cammo:

No mind dem. Na the same thing

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Nobody: 3:48am On Mar 12, 2015

sagitariusbaby:
Igarra (Etuno) names from Edo state
Meyimi- A philanthropist
Oiza- Goodness
Eshovo- More life
Ometere- The one who does it well
Sizeve- The one that brings good fortune
Omoiza- The one that does good
Okumai- The revelation
Oveze- It shall be well

even egbira people of kogi state bear Oiza.

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Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Nobody: 4:30am On Mar 12, 2015

To the Arabs, Isaac is Ishaq, Jesus is Isa. Jacob is Yaqub, Sarah is Saratu, Mary is Maryam, Hauwa is Eve.

Cammo:

Sorry, I'm only learning. Are Arabic names not Islamic names? For some, I've been told the Islamic translations of these Christian names below:
David - Dauda
Moses - Musa
Solomon - Suleiman
Ishmael - Ismaila
Isaac - Isa
Abraham - Ibrahim, etc

Please tell me if I'm wrong

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Nobody: 4:50am On Mar 12, 2015

kemifemi:
I would like to know the meaning of these names
The Answers:
omasan
toritseju
ituah
osahon
adesuwa
efe
anayochukwu: let's keep asking God.
eseosa
efosa
ogochukwu: God's Kindness/benevolence.
kikachuku: what is greater than God (an Ika name)
chidalu: God thank you.
abumere
kenechukwu: Thank God
Ovie: King.
Elohor
Imade
Ezinwanyi: good woman.
Eziwanne: good sibling/relation.
Ene: mother.
Obiora: the people's mind (one who has his people's interest at heart).
Obinna: the father's mind or heart.
Ndubuisi: Life is gain/profitable

Thank you

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by GBAGAAUN(m): 6:02am On Mar 12, 2015

STARSHYNE:
ewww
betwhy?

Oloshi

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by XBLadez: 6:35am On Mar 12, 2015

Herzumpther:

Is that ur name? Only girls bear Chizoba undecided

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Nobody: 7:01am On Mar 12, 2015

XBLadez:

Is that ur name? Only girls bear Chizoba

Guys bear it too and I'm a girl.

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by XBLadez: 7:04am On Mar 12, 2015

Herzumpther:
Guys bear it too and I'm a girl.

Oh, sorry, honey kiss

u should have added 'f'

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by Nobody: 7:07am On Mar 12, 2015

XBLadez:

Oh, sorry, honey u should have added 'f'

Lol. People mistake me for a guy really. I will add the 'f' with time...I just don't feel its necessary.

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by abbyyzino(m): 7:10am On Mar 12, 2015

swezenberg:

Oluwatobi is God is great

Ayomide is My joy has come

Guess you are not Yoruba

longest time boss, sent you a mail but didn't get a reply.

Re: Nigerian Native Names And Their Meanings by XBLadez: 7:13am On Mar 12, 2015

Herzumpther:
Lol. People mistake me for a guy really. I will add the 'f' with time...I just don't feel its necessary.

It's very necessary! For one, ur name sounds so un-Nigerian, probably German. Secondly, people tend to treat girls nicely. With the 'f' u can save urself of future harassment.

Thank me later!

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