Jonathan Goodluck

Is this girls names or boys names? I cannot tell you their meanings because unfortunately my parents forgot to teach me Okrika.


For the girls (and some unisex)

Tonye
Sotonye
Nimi (Music, I think)
Iso
Indira
Achase (with what?) (a paraphrase of Achase Tamuno Boma - with what shall I praise the Lord?)
Selema
Ibiene
TamunoIbi  (God is good)
Ibime or Ibiso depending on your part of Ijaw  (I am good or I am well)
Ibilate
Belema
Biebele
Sodienye
Boma   (Praise)

etc, etc. . . more to come


As for hardcore boys names, the ones that always make me laugh are:

Mpakaboari
Wariboko
Sosepriala

Boma . . .Praise
Bo _ijaw or Gbo _okirika = come
na wao .

Alaso wariboko
Tamuosaki =Gods time is the best

ifyalways:


Bo _ijaw or Gbo _okirika = come

Okrika is also Bo, not Gbo.

Bo wa teke - come let's pray

Bo ye fe - come let's eat

oh i see,then maybe its Ijaw that goes with "Gbo" am sure there is a slight difference btw the two dialects .
bokuno=dont come again

So let me put my Ijaw skill to good use here . . .

Ify girl, bo wa teke

grafikdon:

So let me put my Ijaw skill to good use here . . .

Ify girl, bo wa teke

isi adighi gi nma
ibinabo otumukpokpo

ifyalways:

isi adighi gi nma
ibinabo otumukpokpo

Well, obviously my skill needs a lot of work but. . .

Ify girl, bo ye fe nkwobi and Isi Ewu

Now you can't say no to that.

lol
ofcos i cant refuse that.
A nam e bo

ibime
Echiazi

If any of you peeps no a girl called Ebiturbo from Sagbama in Rivers/Bayelsa State, let me know. I have been looking for her for years.

Emara. . . .don't know what it means . . .Ogbia name 

@ifyalways:

I'm Ogbia.

Emara means "the birth," and is short form [usually] for "emar'otua, which means "the birth of the house." Meaning: first born.

@tahziba. . . . .Noa

Tamunoribifikaboyeoforiye
Ibidukojumopirima
Ajumogobia


Souwari
Peremobowei
Alamieyeseigha (Alamieyesiya/Alamieyesika) Take your pick
Tamunopriala

Ijaw names are strange to Nigerians but they can be annoyingly long sometimes

ow11:

Tamunoribifikaboyeoforiye
Ibidukojumopirima
Ajumogobia


Souwari
Peremobowei
Alamieyeseigha (Alamieyesiya/Alamieyesika) Take your pick
Tamunopriala

Ijaw names are strange to Nigerians but they can be annoyingly long sometimes

Can you imagine a 4yr old trying to spell that one

ateke tom
meaning -i will walk through the shadow of death and i shall fear no evil!!

Hi All,



Hmm - some of the so-called Ijaw names you guys are posting here just baffle me. 

I'm a Kalabari and so should be able to make out many of those names but it seems that some people here (naming no names) are just making them up.

Say no more.



kiwi992.

lol

Dakore ----it's a lovely name

I think "Alali" is really pretty. It means festival.
There's Dabota or Data which means like "Father's wife" as in "daddy's girl."

Tekena

What about this one. . .

Tari (Love) - Is it female, male or unisex? I also stumbled across Tari-Ebi (Love is good). Is it male, female or unisex?

Thanks everyone for your contribution.

@ Kiwi, if you think people are making names up, why not give us the appropriate Ijo names and their meanings/ after all, that's what the thread is all about.

Ebikemfaa - means "No one is good"

I am not Izon (Ijaw) but that came from NYSC "interactions" back in the early 90s at Agbere - Odoni - Nun Rivers area.

Tamunosaki. . . Gods time is the best
@kiwi,so whats ya own contribution or corrections

Hi All,



Thanks for asking.

Tell you the truth, I really can't be bothered.  Not much to contribute on this thread, in addition to the fact that it's too much aggro having to start correcting what others have mentioned as Ijaw names.



kiwi992.

kiwi992:

Hi All,



Thanks for asking.

Tell you the truth, I really can't be bothered. Not much to contribute on this thread, in addition to the fact that it's too much aggro having to start correcting what others have mentioned as Ijaw names.



kiwi992.

u shld have thought abt this b4 u first comment
@Topic,Timaya what does it mean,anyone ?

kiwi992:

Hi All,



Thanks for asking.

Tell you the truth, I really can't be bothered.  Not much to contribute on this thread, in addition to the fact that it's too much aggro having to start correcting what others have mentioned as Ijaw names.



kiwi992.

Good, don't bother posting anymore replies. This is a feel good thread, we don't need any gra gra. . .


Thanks my people. Keep the names coming.

Listen You Lot,


There's something fundamental that you guys are forgetting - just like you do in your everyday lives.  It's called 'freedom of speech'.  Ever heard of it?

I don't bloody have to reply to your questions or do I?  How so typical of you - we don't like him not answering us so he must be gagged!  Perhaps you should ask those posters to do their research properly about Ijaw names before posting.

Why the interest in Ijaw names, anyway?  If you are that interested, just take a trip down there.  Drive down, go on the train or coach to Port Harcourt and catch a boat to any of the Kalabari towns, Okrika, Opobo, Bonny, Nembe, Yenagoa or wherever.

You must learn to respect others' wishes.  It isn't by force or is it?   



kiwi992.

TARE~I like the name

Is it Ijaw?

MrCrackles:

TARE~I like the name

Is it Ijaw?

yes,

@ Ow11, is Tare similar to Tari (meaning)? I was looking through the Ijo dictionary and found that Tari = love, couldn't find anything on Tare. The dictionary didn't specify the gender though so I assumed the name (Tari) is unisex.