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Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by igbsam(m): 2:45pm On Mar 21, 2015
Oghenerhiurhoro -

Can someone tell me what it means.
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by priscaoge(f): 2:46pm On Mar 21, 2015
literarymathy:


Okeoghene

Roon9:

Ogechineke--- okeoghene
Akpobar0 aka akpos means Dia is life ahead

Thanks Dear cheesy cheesy

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Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by Miramee(f): 2:51pm On Mar 21, 2015
barcanista:
Urhobo plenty for NL o
Yes oo...I rep d Urhobo nation
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by Nobody: 3:01pm On Mar 21, 2015
Generalkorex:
Mamuzo - Goodluck
odinrin- patience
oghenero -there is God
obus-


okemute- ehm i don
forget
am nt an urhobo jus dat i don live with them wella

@literarymathy
come shey i get am

Nice one. Okiemute means there's a time for everything
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by Nobody: 3:08pm On Mar 21, 2015
Omovidonor, Omamekpe, Uroromu, Magkaerharhine. Meanings pls

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Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by Divineproject07(m): 3:09pm On Mar 21, 2015
everrichy:



who toys with life?


Thanks dear.
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by Arosa(m): 3:09pm On Mar 21, 2015
martineverest:
Urhobo is a mixture of edo languages....especially ishan

True, I was about to say the same. it's easy for an Edo person to understand Urhobo .

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Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by Nobody: 3:16pm On Mar 21, 2015
Akpos is short for names like :
Akpojotor - life is still head
Akpome - my life
Akpomiemie - life is very sweet
Akpoguma - life is broad
hope u understand like we have Gregory then Greg for short
So u see, Akpos or Akpor means Life
other names are :-
Mudiaga - standfirm
Oghenevwegba[my name] - God is all supreme or God is powerful
Oghenemine - Na God i dey look
Obaroara/Obaro - forward ever
Akpevwe - lets praise him
Efenudu - A genuine wealth
Urinrin - Glory
Oghogho/Aghogho - happiness
Omotejowho - A girl is still a human being
Edevwie - the day u were born
Omokri - male goat lol!
Ojareri - my suffering has ended
Okiemute - there is a time for everything
Onorionde - Who knows tomorrow
Ogaga - power/Strength
Ojevwe - i love/like it

Proudly Urhobo!!

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Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by martineverest(m): 3:21pm On Mar 21, 2015
From ur name,u must be a bini man...did u also figure outsome bini element in d urobo names?
Arosa:


True, I was about to say the same. it's easy for an Edo person to understand Urhobo .
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by martineverest(m): 3:24pm On Mar 21, 2015
Na isoko name full ur list
literarymathy:


Nice one. Okiemute means there's a time for everything
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by Arosa(m): 3:28pm On Mar 21, 2015
martineverest:
From ur name,u must be a bini man...did u also figure outsome bini element in d urobo names?

Yes I did, I have a keen interest in Urobo language because I figured that the two languages are basically the same.
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by harrwix(m): 3:28pm On Mar 21, 2015
Erhieyovwe - lucky
Adogho - you don't buy respect

my names......proudly urhobo

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Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by Sacramento4real(m): 3:35pm On Mar 21, 2015
Proudly Urhobo.Mine is Oghoverere:Meaning 'Its good to be Respectful'.

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Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by martineverest(m): 3:38pm On Mar 21, 2015
Same here,am really interested in d language.had friends from ughelli,wanted to know d differnces and similarities btween my language(ishan) and urobo....waz relationship(similarites) btw urobo and bini(in percent rating)?
Arosa:


Yes I did, I have a keen interest in Urobo language because I figured that the two languages are basically the same.

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Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by everrichy(m): 3:44pm On Mar 21, 2015
barcanista:
Bros, you wouldn't want to know that... grin

I must confess that I admire Urhobos a lot especially the food


Lolz.
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by Arosa(m): 3:44pm On Mar 21, 2015
martineverest:
Same here,am really interested in d language.had friends from ughelli,wanted to know d differnces and similarities btween my language(ishan) and urobo....waz relationship(similarites) btw urobo and bini(in percent rating)?

I can't answer that question for now but with time I should be able to know more about the language. I still dey learn grin
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by deflover(m): 3:44pm On Mar 21, 2015
mine is OGBEVIRE....it is has a cultural meaning....when a man wants to marry a new wife....by custom he is suppose to send the old wife away but if he decides to keep her than she is called OGBEVIRE....meaning the old love that still stands......this happened to my grandma and when i was born she named me the name to remember the love my grandpa had for her grin grin grin grin grin

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Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by martineverest(m): 3:47pm On Mar 21, 2015
Hope u can speak bini fluently?
Arosa:


I can't answer that question for now but with time I should be able to know more about the language. I still dey learn grin
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by Arosa(m): 3:48pm On Mar 21, 2015
martineverest:
Hope u can speak bini fluently?

Sure! grin
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by martineverest(m): 3:51pm On Mar 21, 2015
Dats great...its good to be able to speak ones native dialect....i can spean,read and write in esan.though,i left esanland for almost 19yrs
Arosa:


Sure! grin
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by Arosa(m): 3:54pm On Mar 21, 2015
martineverest:
Dats great...its good to be able to speak ones native dialect....i can spean,read and write in esan.though,i left esanland for almost 19yrs

That is very impressive.

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Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by dodoa: 3:55pm On Mar 21, 2015
What's the meaning of uwanogho and akpoesiri?
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by martineverest(m): 4:01pm On Mar 21, 2015
Tanx,man....but it ll be more wonderful if we are able to teach the younger generations our local dialect
Arosa:


That is very impressive.
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by 1miccza: 4:07pm On Mar 21, 2015
Minet16:
My dad's name is OGHENETORITSEBAWO UBRHURE IYERESANJUNMI. Abeg wetin e mean

Bros this na phrase or sentence abeg??
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by 1miccza: 4:08pm On Mar 21, 2015
Op what does Emate and Akpojiyomi mean in Urhobo??
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by obuksjr(m): 4:14pm On Mar 21, 2015
Pls help translate the following names...
Ogheneroro.

Oghenegweke.

Oghenevwede

Obukohwo
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by Input(m): 4:16pm On Mar 21, 2015
everrichy:
oborakpororo -what the world is thinking.
ugheminaye - I keep looking at them (enemies) .
Eghwrujakpo - lost in the world.
Aforkoghene -leaving it for God.
Oghale/Oghare - God's providence.
Erhimena -my destiny.
Ohwofasa - a person who scatters a place.
Ubrurhe. - A stick.
Emuesiri. - A good thing.
Itivere - they are now two.
Aghogho -joy or happiness.
Miyerijesu -I praise Jesus

Correction:

Ohwofasa means a person who befits a place
thanks

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Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by komekn(m): 4:19pm On Mar 21, 2015
These names you have mentioned are not unique to the Urhobo but are more or less the exactly the same in Isoko.

In reality Isoko is not a tribe seperate from the Urhobo but a geopolitical division, in times past they were all called Usobo and Isoko known as Eastern Urhobo.
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by Input(m): 4:22pm On Mar 21, 2015
vicchi12:
What's the meaning of Onome?
Onome means" my own" and its unisex

that's my name
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by RHEWBENYT(m): 4:22pm On Mar 21, 2015
Oghenenyerhovwo---meaning God answers prayers.....dats my name

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Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by Input(m): 4:25pm On Mar 21, 2015
Divineproject07:
I ask again, what of Onovwakpoyeya?
Not too sure about the meaning, my best is " who get life and then uses it anyhow?"
Re: Naming In Urhobo Culture: Meanings And Significance by chax100(f): 4:28pm On Mar 21, 2015
Ufuoma (Peace). Most Urhobo names are unisex.

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