We all know how common variant names (aka Ngozi/Nkoli, Okeke/Okekere) are in the east, just like whole names unique to certain areas. Which ones do you think of?

I associate Nne/anna, Kalu and Ogbonna with the eastern/Cross River Igbo (Ohafia, Afikpo/Edda, Bende) and Agalamanyi with Nsukka area. How about unu?

Common names found in Anambra axis....Osefo,Osegbo,Mbanefo,Okosa,Osakwe,Okonkwo,Okafor,Okwudili,Okosi,Okoli,Anulika,Chinelo,Ifeyinwa,Achebe,Oseloka,Ifediora,Umera,Odera.
All names with the root word ANI/ANA...Aniagbaoso,Aniegboka,Anielo,Ezeani,Anamalu...etc
All names with the root word ORA....Oranyelu,Oramalu,Oraka,Izuora..etc
Onyia,Onyilimba,Umeonyia,Onyiora,Onyiuke,Onyiba...etc
Ezelagbo,Nwogwa,Okagbue,Emordi,Muojekwu,Chukwujekwu.

Nkiruka,Obiageli,Ogbenyeanu,Nkoli,Arinze,Amulunamma.

Osakwe sounds more like a Delta Igbo/Ika thing to me. Didn't know it's common in Omambala area

Imo...Duru,Okorafor,Okereke,Okorie,Okoro,Okwara,Opara



Abia...Udensi,Ogbonna,Kalu,Kanu...etc

How about Ebonyi?

Probz:
Osakwe sounds more like a Delta Igbo/Ika thing to me. Didn't know it's common in Omambala area

Well,now you know. In facct,we have more Osakwe which means Olisa kwelu in Omanbala than they have in Anioma.

W have more Olisa names than Anioma..Osegbo,Mbosa,Nwosa,Okosa,Osefo,Oseloka,Osemeka,Osakwe,Akosa.

I dont know much about them but I know Onwe is a common name in Ebonyi


Enugu...Nnamani,Ugwu,Ogbodo,Odo,Nwodo,Chime..etc

OMANBALA1:
I dont know much about them but I know Onwe is a common name in Ebonyi


Enugu...Nnamani,Ugwu,Ogbodo,Odo,Nwodo,Chime..etc

Yeah, I know Ogbodo's common in Enugu.

Probz:
We all know how common variant names (aka Ngozi/Nkoli, Okeke/Okekere) are in the east, just like whole names unique to certain areas. Which ones do you think of?

I associate Nne/anna, Kalu and Ogbonna with the eastern/Cross River Igbo (Ohafia, Afikpo/Edda, Bende) and Agalamanyi with Nsukka area. How about unu?

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OMANBALA1:


In facct,we have more Osakwe which means Olisa kwelu in Omanbala than they have in Anioma.

W have more Olisa names than Anioma..

Doubtful. Can't dispute the presence of Osa and Ose names in Anambra, but they they don't have them more than Anioma.

RedboneSmith:


Doubtful. Can't dispute the presence of Osa and Ose names in Anambra, but they they don't have them more than Anioma.

Make a list ,oga.

OMANBALA1:


Make a list ,oga.

Osademe, Osakuni, Osakwe, Osamali, Osamezu, Osaneke, Osanweonye, Osanweuwa, Osayem, Oseamaka, Oseninisu, Osedum, Osejindu, Oseka/Oliseka, Osekeni, Osekwene, Osemeni, Osenyemba, Oseyemeke, Oseyeni, Oseyenum, et cetera et cetera.

RedboneSmith:


Osademe, Osakuni, Osakwe, Osamali, Osamezu, Osaneke, Osanweonye, Osanweuwa, Osayem, Oseamaka, Oseninisu, Osedum, Osejindu, Oseka/Oliseka, Osekeni, Osekwene, Osemeni, Osenyemba, Oseyemeke, Oseyeni, Oseyenum, et cetera et cetera.

Can you give the meaning of these names? Another question; is Osa and Ose the same thing?

OMANBALA1:
Imo...Duru,Okorafor,Okereke,Okorie,Okoro,Okwara,Opara



Abia...Udensi,Ogbonna,Kalu,Kanu...etc

Is Okoronkwo a common name in Imo State too?

One of my relatives told me that Okoronkwo is mostly answered in Abia and Ebonyi states.

okeke,okonkwo,Obiano/Obianyo,Okoye common names in Anambra state

okoli common in southern Anambra and Northern Imo

Njoku,Nnorom,Ajaero,Nnodim,Okorie Imo state

guys what's the difference between Igbo and yoruba jallof rice please? how do they cook am

RedboneSmith:


Osademe, Osakuni, Osakwe, Osamali, Osamezu, Osaneke, Osanweonye, Osanweuwa, Osayem, Oseamaka, Oseninisu, Osedum, Osejindu, Oseka/Oliseka, Osekeni, Osekwene, Osemeni, Osenyemba, Oseyemeke, Oseyeni, Oseyenum, et cetera et cetera.

pls wats d difference between igbo and yoruba jollof rice

OMANBALA1:


Can you give the meaning of these names? Another question; is Osa and Ose the same thing?

OSA and OSE are Edoid prefixes for GOD. Both names mean the same; i.e. they refer to GOD. E.g. Osamede, Osamwese, Osaretin are Bini-Ishan names making references to "OSANOBUA/ OSENOBUWE". Urhobo's actual ancient name for GOD is "OSONOBRUGHWE" which is similar to the Bini-Ishan's. The name "OGHENE" actually means "Lord". That was why the "king of Ife" in ancient times was known to Edoid people as "Oghene Uhe" meaning the "Lord of Ife". However, the name OGHENE is now exclusively being used to honour and refer to GOD by Urhobo-Isoko people.

AtaniWarrior:

Is Okoronkwo a common name in Imo State too?

One of my relatives told me that Okoronkwo is mostly answered in Abia and Ebonyi states.

Does anyone know the answer? lol

AtaniWarrior:

Does anyone know the answer? lol

I'd say so.

Probz:
I'd say so.

Makes sense. I was told Okonkwo is more common in Imo State than Okoronkwo and people that answered Okoronkwo in Imo State were originally from Abia and Ebonyi States. I had doubts about that though.

AtaniWarrior:

Makes sense. I was told Okonkwo is more common in Imo State than Okoronkwo and people that answered Okoronkwo in Imo State were originally from Abia and Ebonyi States. I had doubts about that though.

I have doubts too considering Abia and Ebonyi were both carved out of Imo State.

Probz:
I have doubts too considering Abia and Ebonyi were both carved out of Imo State.

lol right

Okonkwo,Okeke,okoye,Okafor,whenever i see these names i know for sure the bearer is Anambra,though i have seen an Okafor from Imo state once,i was suprised

agadez007:
Okonkwo,Okeke,okoye,Okafor,whenever i see these names i know for sure the bearer is Anambra,though i have seen an Okafor from Imo state once,i was suprised

Yeah. I knew one Okafor from Nkwerre where I stayed in Awka last year.

Probz:
Yeah. I knew one Okafor from Nkwerre where I stayed in Awka last year.

i though Imo suppose to be Okoroafor and not okafor

agadez007:
i though Imo suppose to be Okoroafor and not okafor

You could say the same about Iheanyi vs. Ifeanyi. I also know an Ifeanyi from Mbaise. That's the effect of dialect levelling in Igboland.

Ingredients: ketchup na groundnut oil, 10 Nsukka pepe, em salt, crayfish, ogiri igbo, rice, dawadawa and vanilla ok
before you stat cooking you grind the crayfish and dawadawa, mix ketchup with oil, pound pepe with mortar and pestilence ok.

1. heat ketchup and peanut mix in pot, den add pepper, then d crayfish-okpeyi blend, and then when e don fry wello, you add ogiri and salt to taste ok. Then add water, cooked rice and a bit more salt ok. Then when the rice is soft and well done, add vanilla on top for sweetness in the absence of nchanwu ok.

Serve with jollof rice or fried eggs ok

These names are peculiar to Abians too, particularly the Bendes, Ohafia areas:
For females:
Uzoaru (Uzo aro), Orjiugo, Ugbalu (ogbei alu), Oyidiya (sounds more like 'Oyidiye' in the local dialect), Ori (Oriaku), Ucha, Nkediya, etc.

Males:
Anyaele, Ugorji, Ndukwo (Ndukwe), Iheke, Ejere, Ogbu, Ogburu, Uguru, Igwo (igwho), Eke, Oko (okobuo), Eme, ( I don't know if the full name is Emenike), Mbada, onyehara, Lekwuwa, Chukwu (notice, nothing attached), Elesie, Elendu, Onwuchekwa, Onwuka, Okai, etc...

CC. Bigfrancis1, Pazienza, probz, afam4eva/afam4ever
Do you know if these names are exclusive to these clans/regions/sub groups?
Modified..

Kirigidi:

OSA and OSE are Edoid prefixes for GOD. Both names mean the same; i.e. they refer to GOD. E.g. Osamede, Osamwese, Osaretin are Bini-Ishan names making references to "OSANOBUA/ OSENOBUWE". Urhobo's actual ancient name for GOD is "OSONOBRUGHWE" which is similar to the Bini-Ishan's. The name "OGHENE" actually means "Lord". That was why the "king of Ife" in ancient times was known to Edoid people as "Oghene Uhe" meaning the "Lord of Ife". However, the name OGHENE is now exclusively being used to honour and refer to GOD by Urhobo-Isoko people.

Can you just keep your Edo /Edoid trouble out of Igbo thread.

Eke40seven:
These names are peculiar to Abians too, particularly the Bendes, Ohafia areas:
For females:
Uzoaru (Uzo aro), Orjiugo, Ugbalu (ogbei alu), Oyidiya (sounds more like 'Oyidiye' in the local dialect), Ori (Oriaku), Ucha, Nkediya, etc.

Males:
Anyaele, Ugorji, Ndukwo (Ndukwe), Iheke, Ejere, Ogbu, Ogburu, Uguru, Igwo (igwho), Eke, Oko (okobuo), Eme, ( I don't know if the full name is Emenike), Mbada, onyehara, Lekwuwa, Chukwu (notice, nothing attached), Onwuchekwa, Onwuka, Okai, etc...

CC. Bigfrancis1, Pazienza, probz, afam4eva/afam4ever
Do you know if these names are exclusive to these clans/regions/sub groups?

I know one family from Nnewi who answer that surname so I dunno about that one.

Okai sounds eastern Igbo to the core though.