Igbos And Foreign Names.

@Crude oil

Names reflect a people, God and religion play a central role in our lives, that's why you have all the Chi names. What do you want someone to answer as a first name? Okonkwo? are you silly?

Haven't you heard of names like Nchekwube, Okwudili, Uzonna, Uzochukwu, Uzondu, Ndubuisi, Nwakaego, Egodi a.k.a Ego, Emenike, Ejimonye, Amara, OsitadimmaOh boy, there's nothing happening to Igbo names, you just don't know enough Igbo people or something.

Due to religion, we feel a need to reference God the great provider with every kid, Chiemelie, Chiemeka, Chidimma, Chioma, Chika, Chinecherem, ChinenyeMany things you can pair with God.

seconded.Other names are oseluka,Agbonma,Ugonna,Ugonma,Adanna,Okoro,Uzoma,uzodinma
Nwamaka,Obiageli,Obianuju,Nkolika,Nkemjika,Njideka,Nwando,Nnanna,Onanma,Akudo.
All the above are just as common as the Chi something names.

Incase you need igbo names for your children you can use this ones
ibiahakogingwogo
echidieme
ikennadiebube
chukwumerije
akajindu

i think they are lovely names

which one's that, its pretty long, what does it mean?

Pray,what is a solid Igbo name?On one hand you claim that Igbos use only foreign names,which is demonstrably false,on the other you suggest that what is lacking is what you call solid Igbo names

If what you suggest is that Igbos should stick exclusively to a particular set of names,that is pointless.All over the world,names evolve amongst races and ethnic groups as more names are added to the existing pool of names.In England there was a story in the Times about how traditional names like Paul,Thomas,David were getting less popular and exotic names like Kieron or even Brooklyn were more popular.

The Igbo population is quadriple what it was a hundred years ago so it is not surprising that people are finding ever more innovative names to call their offsprings.That is a natural and inevitable consequence of change   

@De Balls

Are you a French man? Why is your real name De Balls?

u don hear MMESOMACHUKWU,MAKUOCHUKWU,OBIAJULU, NZUBECHUKWU,ECHEZONACHUKWU,SOMTOCHUKWU,IFEKWUMELU@DA POSTER

off topic ,one of my  nigeria friend told me the ibos are very bad.they eat human flesh,while the other ibos eat dogs.they are very greedy for money .they are very into 419 business.don,t shoot the messenger.

my Friend is actually from kogi.

ama, you're from ghana? 
that's cool 'cause i love ghanaian music.

tell your kogi friend to stop hating 

most ethnic groups bad mouth each other.

ex.
edos are prostitutes
hausas are dumb
igbos are 419
yorubas are cowards
etc

(i used to think it was just play/fun irrelevant stereotypes, but i'm not sure anymore because of the rate people get really offended and fight on this thread)

many nairalanders claim Hausas are the bad ones.

I don't believe that we don't have good,meaningful names in the Igbo language but i believe that we have a greater problem in our loss of our igboness at an alarming rate. It is evident in so many ways from the fact that a lot of igbo boys and girls don't know how to speak the language,young igbo parents don't take time to teach there kids igbo language,e.t.c.

My take on the issue bros is that we are loosing our identity at an alarming rate in igbo land due to the penchant to acquire westernised things which has greatly affected our language,culture e.t.c. for example i knw girls who have lovely igbo names but chose to answer names like Yvonne,susan,imelda e.t.c. nt due to the fact that they where christened at birth with such names but because they feel the names give them what i call a "HIPPY STATUS"

We must have a value re-orientation within ourselves as Igbo people so as to regain lost grounds and i feel that the poeple to start changing things for us as igbo people are you and me by that i mean all we igbos on this forum

this was information was given to me by a nigerian Friends of  mine,i don,t see the big deal.

@babeosisi
Ghanaian women respect their self more than their nigerians sisters .some men still prefer Ghanaian women to nigeria women.

when I talk of solid Ibo names, I am talking of names like Udeogu,Onwegbuakuku,etc such solid and real Igbo names are no longer in fashion for young Igbo parents because they prefer the 'Chi' names and other common names around.
The igbos should emulate the Hausa people.I hardly see an Hausa man give his child a foreign name,and they speak their language fluently without mixing it with English like the Igbos do.

black as charcoal is not pretty  ,

my family are naturally dark skinned and we stay that way and we are all pretty

if that where the only issue i would even be glad bt alas that is just bt a mere scratch of the surface. The telling problem is the gradual but sustained loss of our identity to western influences. Every parent,boy and girl want to answer english names to the detriment of our igbo names also the penchant of igbo parents(mainly the young parents) not to teach there kids the language are even more serious issues that must be tackled.