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| Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by Nobody: 11:36am On Feb 15, 2010 |
Nairalanders i want to know your stand while naming your newborn baby. do you prefer giving them the foreign names e.g Kimberley, Stacey, Tom or give them ijinle names like Oluwatobiloba, Omolabake, Temitayo,Amarachi,Kelechukwu, left for me i'll name my kids Nigerian names. (though i'm not yet married sha)  |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by jumie(f): 3:04pm On Feb 15, 2010 |
A name is as important as the person. Whether you give a child a local or foreign name, the most important thing is knowing the meaning of such names and understanding that it could affect the child's future. Eg. When you name a child - Esubiyi (meaning - the devil has brought this), Iyabo (dead mother has returned), etc such names will impact negatively on the child and the child may even develop a low self esteem because of its name. English names such as Linda (meaning - snake), etc have also been known to connote something negative. However, it is important that you give a child a name that he or she will be very proud of when he or she grows up!!  1 Like |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by honeric01(m): 3:11pm On Feb 15, 2010 |
i subscribe to native names, but it should make sense oo |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by iice(f): 4:41pm On Feb 17, 2010 |
Foreign If i could name them names of old. . .i would. Maximus Decimus Meridius 1 Like |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by r231(m): 5:22pm On Feb 17, 2010 |
both i gave my daughter an english name based on a tv show i used to watch and her middle names and stuff came from my parents. |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by adetoru(f): 11:29pm On Feb 17, 2010 |
My fisrt:Andrew Ugochukwu Ibukunoluwa Tamunosa My daughter:Tiffany Chinonso Tolulope Belema(Tiffany iis from epiphany,it means manifestation of God) My last:Peter Ikechukwu Ayomide Tamunonengiofori   |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by Sissy3(f): 5:50am On Feb 18, 2010 |
why not give both? english name and traditional names? |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by oyinda3(f): 5:51am On Feb 18, 2010 |
if i marry naija guy then the kids will probably have naija names. if i don't then they will have names from my husband's nationality. maybe their middle name will be naija. |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by Ndipe(m): 6:50am On Feb 18, 2010 |
Native names from my culture. Point of correction, Linda means pretty. 1 Like |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by honeric01(m): 9:13am On Feb 18, 2010 |
whats the essence of giving a child more than one name when he or she won't be called two names at once? 1 Like |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by adetoru(f): 12:27pm On Feb 18, 2010 |
@Ndipe,sorry,Linda means snake,Belle=pretty,Belinda=pretty snake. I have a book of thousand baby names so I know.  |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by adetoru(f): 12:30pm On Feb 18, 2010 |
@honeric01,we do call the children their difft names at difft times |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by honeric01(m): 12:44pm On Feb 18, 2010 |
so you call your kids two names at once? |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by adetoru(f): 1:04pm On Feb 18, 2010 |
yep and their grannys call them the names they gave them  |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by honeric01(m): 1:06pm On Feb 18, 2010 |
and why cant the grannies stick to the name the real parents named the child? |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by tolutara: 2:20pm On Feb 18, 2010 |
my kids are Fehintoluwa, Moboluwaduro Olamide - my first child Omotara Fiyinfoluwa ,Kofoworola - 2nd Ayomide Oluwatoke Aderinsola- 3rd No English names for me abeg, as long as the English are not naming there kids Nigerian names, why should I?   3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by Donvilo(m): 5:12pm On Feb 18, 2010 |
I would prefer both! |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by Nobody: 5:56pm On Feb 18, 2010 |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by jamesyins(m): 4:50pm On Feb 19, 2010 |
I prefer both |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by agathamari(f): 11:15pm On Feb 22, 2010 |
Ndipe: adetoru:you both are right The name means "pretty one" in Spanish and Latin. In Old German it means Lime tree; linden tree. In Greek it is a variant of the name Melania (evolved into "Melinda" and it means "black haired one". In Hebrew it means "serpent". anywho- give your child a common name and one that is easy to pronounce in the region you live (some european names are difficult for people here to pronounce just as some local names here are difficult for europeans to pronounce) and give them a traditioal name as thier middle name. |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by cibilola(f): 2:03pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
tolutara: I totally agree with the bolded part. The English ppl are yet to adopt any of our names! Even if you have a child with an English person, they still wouldn't want to give the child a Nigerian name.  1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by Nobody: 2:30pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
how about names like Chipmunkey, Mudiwa, Camelot? , lol |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by WhiteOne(f): 4:48pm On Feb 24, 2010 |
My sons frist Babatunde, a German Name, Yoruba Name Second Adetayo a German Name, Yoruba Name Tunde & Tayo for short NO English name! |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by chidyke77(m): 7:59am On Feb 25, 2010 |
I dnt undastnd wat u mean by english name because as a xtian we normaly hv a baptismal name like charles,anthony,genevieve,henry,cornelia and so on. So, my child must surely hv one of those names and his/her native name. Bt i wl never subscribe to names like carl,avril,brian etc. |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by chrisj2(m): 8:00pm On Feb 25, 2010 |
I dont get the many multiple name - jus 2 names is enough in case of having common first names. I am not bothered about the origin or meaning of the name - its just a name. So I prefer shorter names and easily pronounciable names. Just like John, James, Steve and so on; Ade Olu, Ola will do for me. Its funny how the ultra-religious can complain about Christian names being foreign. If only there were Africa names in the Bible I like the Korean & Scandinavian (esp Norway) method of naming |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by iice(f): 8:33pm On Feb 27, 2010 |
chris_j: I like some of the Scandinavian names too |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by tayoast(m): 9:24pm On Feb 27, 2010 |
Mixture of foreign & local names. like Kimberly, Michael & other lovely Yoruba names |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by skfa1: 9:29pm On Feb 27, 2010 |
oyinda.: u mean name like suzuki yokohama nagazaki |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by maedan(f): 9:34pm On Feb 27, 2010 |
adetoru: Hmm. Hope it's not the one they sell at bus parks you bought . Truly sha, two of my pals who I went to school with changed their names from Linda to something Christian. So I guess people believe in these things. |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by MamaJD(f): 9:21pm On Mar 08, 2010 |
i would always give both, an english(french etc.)and a name from my husbands tribe, |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by Obelomo: 4:20pm On Mar 11, 2010 |
Like Jumie said the meaning is what is important, also to me the pronunciation and how the name sounds. Personally, I would give my children both, although I have not decided which would their main and first names. |
| Re: Foriegn Or Nigerian Names For Your Baby by Afam4eva(m): 4:49pm On Mar 11, 2010 |
English people give their kids English names, so why should mine be different. Igbo name jare. 1 Like |
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