Is It Wrong To Demand For A Change Of Name?

I couldn't believe such archaic, barbaric, excommunicated and denounced names are still in use.
I met this guy on facebook that happens to be from makurdi from benue state, where i also come from
A full grown up man of up to 7 years older than me, while discussing about gsm programming i asked his name
to ma sunrise  he told me inyam-ityo, this in benue means meat for the ancestors waoooo i was shocked, i told
him so you cant modify what you dont like about yourself, i was surprised when he told me consider it a taboo if i changed my name given to me by ma parents. said ok, if you keep looking where they looked, you will see what
they saw. nairalanders is it in any ethnic group an abomination to change your native name?

Lord have mercy.

I would change it asap.

i won't accept that rubbish name

Bestglo:

i won't accept that rubbish name

WHAT IF YOU HAPPEN TO COME FROM A VILLAGE WHERE YOU DARE NOT?

if you're toast either way, then just change it.

move out of the village as well.

whats in a name? Nothing

Why don't he change it to meat for God or something

I wont bear such a miserable name,tufia.

What's wrong with it ?

No problem. Simply find a way to modernize it so as to look y2k compliance.

iice:

I don't know if i would change it. Prolly will just shorten it

Lol, shorten it to just meat instead of meat of the Gods.

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u for ask winehouse

::Andrew:::

WHAT IF YOU HAPPEN TO COME FROM A VILLAGE WHERE YOU DARE NOT?

Abeg na for where that Village dey make I go take name and later come change am. We dey under the banner of the ALMIGHTY and we no suppose to stick with name when no make sense or dey scary, this has nothing to do with respecting our culture. Our traditional names suppose to make sense pass the English one, if now wetin we need am for?

I would change it to to-to-ri-to

i will not hesitate to change that name.

Why wont I change such a name, if I were the one. That is part of why some peoples life are backward. Why should you be food for your ancestors; the one wey dem don chop never do dem? The guy suppose even follow go beat him Mama and Papa for village, why dem go give their son that kin name?


As for the question, as far as I know it is not an abomination to change your native name, I'm from the South-West and I see people changing their names regularly, though its mostly influenced by them becoming Christians.

You need to be from benue culture to understand the true meaning of the name.  To tell you the truth, "meat of the ancestors"  does not sound much more alarming as Osunkwo or Osuani, Ogbunike or even "lamb of god" for the benefit of those who now give credit to only those things that are fabricated by the white man.

Adam.

I won't hesitate 2 change such uncultured name. Or beta stil dnt bear it at all!!

It is just a name, so whats the stress? Why have the gods' not eaten him since all these years?

There is nothing wrong in changing anything in your life that you feel uncomfortable with, or do not like. Especially when it comes to a very powerful thing to your life as your name is. If yo haven't known or realized yet; your name tells much of your life and destiny. The dicision is yours to take,

you never say what u dont d man in question knows what is saying if u cant there are 1001 ppls dat can,

only people who have never been to the seaport (talkless) of airport, feel such inferiority complex to wanna consider a change of name,,,it reinforces ur complex when u thi nk people would (laugh at u?) assess ur intellect or 'coolness'? based on ur name? waow!!

i changed my silly "christian" to my okoro name, simply because it gave the oyinbos an extra bone to chew before they consider approaching me for anything, and guess what? it worked purrrfectly!!!  no more frivolous and fake chats from them,

help yasef ma guy, wake up, ur bloody black african like me, no matter wich egungun masquerade english name u carry, any better person with half a brain sees u for who u are, and if they dont, they shud be binned - u guys must be from iyana idimu or someplace like that to be so embarassing, na wa ya!!!

such a beautiful name, why would anyone want to change it. "meat for ancestors" can you imagine any insidiuos personality trying to outdo/undo anyone with that name. even the witches in katsina ala, gboko, konshisha, ikpayongor, makurdi e.t.c will keep their distance!

and, oh by d way! the name here is a pseudonym - which corresponds to ma silly a*s old xtian name, wich i trashed ofcourse,  sorry!

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@what lfy or whatever you are called
try somalia or elsewhere, your type is definitely not needed here, you are wasting your time!

meat of the ancestors- eran awon iya mi eleye!
wch kind name be dismeat of the ancestors- eran awon iya mi eleye!
wch kind name be dis

bamosagie, unfortunately, i am not soliciting for support from your kind that is benefitting from the rot nigeria have become, NB, i never said i want to stage a VIOLENT revolution, because i am a very peaceful Christian but i am determined to change Nigeria for the better, And please i have decided to sacrifice my life for the change of Nigeria, and with the Help of Almighty God, Nigeria will change what i am seeking for are volunteers, but if i can't have any, i will go ahead and do it alone

There's no way i could keep such an awful name.