ChinenyeN:


Thanks. No, I'm not from Delta. I am Ngwa, from Abia. The names I posted are Ngwa names (though there are a few that may be shared with neighboring, non-Ngwa communities).



Ochi lei. Believe it. My mind is a trove of very unique, and maybe ancient (and now forgotten) Ngwa names. If ever I am to have offspring of my own, then I have got plenty of Ngwa names to choose from that will cater to a variety of contexts (I will not pick a name for any of my offspring until after they are born. I want to name them based entirely on the context that surrounds their birth).



So, then you know that my list is full of legitimate names to choose from. And it looks like your grandmother got her wish after naming the Ada 'Olenjuru'. Where is your grandmother from? Which community, if you don't mind my asking?

umuda ofeme,umuahia north LGA,yes she did,afterward she gave birth to a twin mum and a boy and another two boys

iamodenigbo1:
umuda ofeme,umuahia north LGA,yes she did,afterward she gave birth to a twin mum and a boy and another two boys

Ah, okay. That would make sense. Thanks. Anyway lucky her. She was fortunate enough to get her wish.

ChinenyeN:

Ah, okay. That would make sense. Thanks.

yea it does

Good thread.

Abeg, suggestion on a male igbo names without the chi in it.

tandj:
Good thread.

Abeg, suggestion on a male igbo names without the chi in it.

Open a different thread.

keep it coming namesake I see u

write2obi:

That's lovely
Chi-gi-oke
God-holds-share(blessing,Destiny)

Yup...

CaptainOjemba:
Why do people have this notion that Mgbeke is a bad name when it means a baby girl born on Eke market day. Likewise Mgbafor,Mgborie and Mgbonkwo,pls let's change that mindset.

Help me tell them
AmiLaHoit wants to send me to the hangman. Because i suggested those lovely igbo names to the Op

[quote author=write2obi post=33826191]
Help me tell them
AmiLaHoit wants to send me to the hangman. Because i suggested those lovely igbo names to the Op [/quote

Obi biko hapum aka.
Laugh wan kii' me...

AmiLaHoit:
Obi biko hapum aka.
Laugh wan kii' me...

Ejirokwam gi aka
Give us more names jor

write2obi:

Ejirokwam gi aka
Give us more names jor

I don't have more o o. Those names are kept for my daughter(s)

AmiLaHoit:


I don't have more o o. Those names are kept for my daughter(s)

you mean you are going to have six daughters
I think i've found a wife

write2obi:

you mean you are going to have six daughters
I think i've found a wife

So so LMAO...
My friend relax, which wife u find? I may require one more daughter and I intend to give her one of those names.
#sorry nwanne, I am taken

AmiLaHoit:


So so LMAO...
My friend relax, which wife u find? I may require one more daughter and I intend to give her one of those names.
#sorry nwanne, I am taken

Your next child is going to be a boy

write2obi:

Your next child is going to be a boy

AMEN my brother!!
And please do not unplug people's charger to charge ur 95% battery again. That is called ''obi akpo''.

Akwaugo.
Ekeoma.
Ezinma.
Ijeoma.
Ihuoma.
Ijeaku.
Akunne.
Akurulo.
Obiageri.
Olanna.
Olaedo.
Oriaku.
Udoka.

Nwanneka.
Adaora.
Adaeze.
Adanma.
Nwakaego.
Ozioma.
Obioma.
Ozoemena.

Check out these beautiful Igbo female names. Although the first is my mums name.

Chiwude:
Akwaugo.
Ekeoma.
Ezinma.
Ijeoma.
Ihuoma.
Ijeaku.
Akunne.
Akurulo.
Obiageri.
Olanna.
Olaedo.
Oriaku.
Udoka.

Nwanneka.
Adaora.
Adaeze.
Adanma.
Nwakaego.
Ozioma.
Obioma.
Ozoemena.

Check out these beautiful Igbo female names. Although the first is my mums name.

Ozoemena and Obioma are more of masculine names.

bigfrancis21:
Ozoemena and Obioma are more of masculine names.

In which communities is it more masculine? I know plenty of females who bear Obioma from Ngwa and surrounding areas.

bigfrancis21:

Ozoemena and Obioma are more of masculine names.

Obioma is actually more feminine.

CaptainOjemba:
Why do people have this notion that Mgbeke is a bad name when it means a baby girl born on Eke market day. Likewise Mgbafor,Mgborie and Mgbonkwo,pls let's change that mindset.

Mgbeke is an authentic igbo name. I believe th corrupted meaning of mgbeke is a recent phenomenon sha.

ChinenyeN:


Unighini/Uniini - sweetness
Mmimi - hard to explain
Ovo - a dove-like bird.
Wheoma - good thing
Nnebuwhe - mother is supreme
Olomaruwa - returned well to the world (reincarnation name)
Kpakpando - star
Nyenna - father's wife (an exclamation of the attachment a father feels with his daughter)
Ndudi - there is life
Ngwahu - [beautiful] garment/adornment
Nmesa (Nmesaihu) - brings a smile to one's face
Olenjuru (Olenjurulo) - can I ever have enough of you to fill my home?
Whedacho - what we have been searching for
Mgbudo - born in a time of peace/tranquility
Odo - charity
Oyoyo - beauty/perfection
Olujie - so beautiful that she will always catch the gaze of people
Ocham - has come to brighten up my countenance
Ndem - exemplifying the beauty of women
Adibe - child of my youth

I can certainly go on...
Also, clearly these names aren't Izugbe (as there is no such thing as Izugbe names), but my point remains made.

Kpakpando and Oyooyo are also Owerri names.
Ndem seems to be an Efik/Ibibio name which stands for beauty.

Wao swt names,brb

ChinenyeN:


In which communities is it more masculine? I know plenty of females who bear Obioma from Ngwa and surrounding areas.

Growing up in Owerri, it was mostly males that I knew that bore Obioma. One of my childhood friends who is a guy bears Obioma as name. He is from Mbieri, Imo state.

One thing I've noticed is that names in southern Igboland tend to be more unisex, where you can find females bearing Ifeanyi etc and males bearing Ebere.

In northern Igboland where I come from, communities tend to adhere to gender naming restrictions strictly. Growing up as a child, I had always known 'Ebele' to be a feminine name, because barely did I meet any male bearing 'Ebele' until I came across Ebere-bearing names by boys in Owerri. Lol.

Ihuomadinihu:

Obioma is actually more feminine.

I know a few boys that bear Obioma. I guess naming conventions in southern Igboland tend to be unisex.

bigfrancis21:


I know a few boys that bear Obioma. I guess naming conventions in southern Igboland tend to be unisex.

u are right,i know some boys named onyinye,ngozi,ebube etc those names are unisex

bigfrancis21:


I know a few boys that bear Obioma. I guess naming conventions in southern Igboland tend to be unisex.

Obioma is more of a unisex name in Igboland, but the number of females bearing the name far outweigh that of the males. The same goes for Ozoemena a name bore by both males and females but conspicuously male dominated.

bigfrancis21:


Growing up in Owerri, it was mostly males that I knew that bore Obioma. One of my childhood friends who is a guy bears Obioma as name. He is from Mbieri, Imo state.

One thing I've noticed is that names in southern Igboland tend to be more unisex, where you can find females bearing Ifeanyi etc and males bearing Ebere.

In northern Igboland where I come from, communities tend to adhere to gender naming restrictions strictly. Growing up as a child, I had always known 'Ebele' to be a feminine name, because barely did I meet any male bearing 'Ebele' until I came across Ebere-bearing names by boys in Owerri. Lol.

I am inclined to think that Ebere is not strictly a female name. Males are also called by such name in both the northern and southern parts of Igboland. The difference however, is in the suffix that ends the name. In males, Ebere is added 'Chukwu' while the feminine version ends with 'Chi'. The same goes for Amara a unisex name, which transforms to 'Amarachukwu' for males and 'Amarachi' for females.

Chiwude:
I am inclined to think that Ebere is not strictly a female name. Males are also called by such name in both the northern and southern parts of Igboland. The difference however, is in the suffix that ends the name. In males, Ebere is added 'Chukwu' while the feminine version ends with 'Chi'. The same goes for Amara a unisex name, which transforms to 'Amarachukwu' for males and 'Amarachi' for females.

@bold...personally I am yet to see one myself. You would have to show me an example of an Ebere-bearing male from Northern Igboland, especially Anambra, Enugu and Anioma areas.

When you mention Igboland, you need to be specific where, because not everything applies exactly in all areas. In the sense of unisex Igbo names, the phenomenon is more common in the south than north, and it would be incorrect to refer to all of Igboland when commenting on the phenomenon when it is actually more common in the south than north. Take Nsibidi, for example. It has often been referred to as 'Igbo writing', however when we speak in specific terms, it is southern Igboland that is historically known to write in Nsibidi, not Northern Igboland (to the best of my knowledge).

Growing up, I had female cousins and aunts on both sides of my family who bear 'Ebele'/'Ebere', and its feminine pattern of naming was strictly so to me until our owerri neighbour had a son and named him 'Ebere'. Even my mom, who spent most of her life in Enugu, Old Anambra state, was very surprised, how much more me. This is because 'Ebere' as a male name is quite rare in Northern Igboland. Other strictly female names as observed in Northern Igboland borne by males in the south are Amarachi, Ngozi etc. Hardly would you see Anambra males bearing 'Ebere', 'Ngozi' etc.

In northern Igboland, Ozoemena would be a masculine name. Also, 'Gozie'/'Chigozie'/'Chukwugozie' would be the masculine version of 'Ngozichukwu' borne by males while 'Ngozi' remains the female version borne by females. Gender naming pattern is strictly kept.

However, a few names in Igboland are unisex in both north and south regions.

This is just my observation. North seems to stick to gender-based naming norms, while in the south gender-naming conventions tend to be fluid. It is all part of the diversity of Igboland. Only that an Igbo, who spent most of his life in Northern Igboland and grew up accustomed to gender-based names, who moves down south and encounters males bearing otherwise female names and females bearing otherwise male names will find it strange.

bigfrancis21:


I know a few boys that bear Obioma. I guess naming conventions in southern Igboland tend to be unisex.

Yeah,Obioma is unisex but tends to be more feminine.

Chiwude:
Obioma is more of a unisex name in Igboland, but the number of females bearing the name far outweigh that of the males. The same goes for Ozoemena a name bore by both males and females but conspicuously male dominated.

More specifically, Obioma is unisex in southern Igboland.

In northern Igboland, Obioma is strictly masculine.

Chiwude:
Akwaugo.
Ekeoma.
Ezinma.
Ijeoma.
Ihuoma.
Ijeaku.
Akunne.
Akurulo.
Obiageri.
Olanna.
Olaedo.
Oriaku.
Udoka.

Nwanneka.
Adaora.
Adaeze.
Adanma.
Nwakaego.
Ozioma.
Obioma.
Ozoemena.

Check out these beautiful Igbo female names. Although the first is my mums name.

All the names in bold aren't strictly feminine. I would say Unisex. The rest are strictly feminine. My high school classmate (I went to an all-boys secondary school) is Akwaugo by name. Another childhood friend of mine's name was Ekeoma, a male. All from Imo state too. Meanwhile, you thought these names are equally feminine as well. It just goes a long way to show that naming conventions are more fluid/flexible in the southern area than north.