Well if u were born in the millennium era, you might not understand what am saying. Now, I have realised that our ancient birth yoruba names which was always given to us through the way we came out from the womb when we were given birth to had faded away. Now, what we bear now is the western culture names and forget our ancient yoruba names..some are the name I know and while I feel we should continue naming our child at least one of these names so as to carry our culture ahead.

1-IGE-It was well known that when a child at the point of birth come out with the leg first, this child is always called IGE
2-OKE-A child who is covered around with a sac when given birth to
3-OJO-When a child is been given birth to with the umbilical cord crossed around his neck
4-DADA-When a child comes out with hard coiled hair at birth.
Well am OJO, but most of these names are no where to be found again..why?

Civilization has swept it under the carpet.

I know people of this generation who still bear those names.

Forgotten maybe but names don't define who a person is or what he's gonna be so not so important

eph12: Forgotten maybe but names don't define who a person is or what he's gonna be so not so important

sure the names doesn't define your person, but the culture? Doesn't it demand we uphold it?

thinkdip: sure the names doesn't define your person, but the culture? Doesn't it demand we uphold it?

Culture? Tell me where has our culture and beliefs taken us to? Idgaf about any culture and please this is my opinion.

How about these onces,
APEKE
ASAKE
ABIKE
AMOKE
AINA
ABAKE
AKANJI
AREMU
AKANMU
AKANNI
ATANDA
They are going gradualy now.

While we are hearing names like
SUSSY
JENNY
KENNY
SAMMY
PILE
BLIND
FUNKIE
LOLIPOP
STOOL

Am still wondering while we bear all those baby names self.

eph12:
Culture? Tell me where has our culture and beliefs taken us to? Idgaf about any culture and please this is my opinion.

You must be a bastrd child for uttering such nonsense. People like you are the reasons why African values are being polluted and there's so much chaos and corruption in society

macof:

You must be a bastrd child for uttering such nonsense. People like you are the reasons why African values are being polluted and there's so much chaos and corruption in society

Sorry sir. Enjoy your culture

eph12:
Sorry sir. Enjoy your culture

Better

thinkdip: Well if u were born in the millennium era, you might not understand what am saying. Now, I have realised that our ancient birth yoruba names which was always given to us through the way we came out from the womb when we were given birth to had faded away. Now, what we bear now is the western culture names and forget our ancient yoruba names..some are the name I know and while I feel we should continue naming our child at least one of these names so as to carry our culture ahead.

1-IGE-It was well known that when a child at the point of birth come out with the leg first, this child is always called IGE
2-OKE-A child who is covered around with a sac when given birth to
3-OJO-When a child is been given birth to with the umbilical cord crossed around his neck
4-DADA-When a child comes out with hard coiled hair at birth.
Well am OJO, but most of these names are no where to be found again..why?

Good point!

We had pride in these names back in the days when it was common to see in the community people in danshiki, kembe, bante, buba, iro, ibori, fila, agbada and so on... Yoruba identity was vivid!

You look around today in the communities people are in jeans, shirts, cargo pants, skirts, blouse, tie, suits. Yoruba identity is blurred.

The consciousness for Yoruba nationality must be accompanied by Yoruba identity in public places. This has to be driven by policy makers at the top. Our leaders are academia-centric, they view Western ideologies as an ideal standard and thus shape our society to be as close to that as is possible.

This is my view!

perry2020: Civilization has swept it under the carpet.

Then technically it should've happened millennia ago.

eph12:
Culture? Tell me where has our culture and beliefs taken us to? Idgaf about any culture and please this is my opinion.

Go read the Oyo, Ife Kingdoms and weep at your current, sorry state.

kingston277:
Go read the Oyo, Ife Kingdoms and weep at your current, sorry state.

MetaPhysical:

Good point!

We had pride in these names back in the days when it was common to see in the community people in danshiki, kembe, bante, buba, iro, ibori, fila, agbada and so on... Yoruba identity was vivid!

You look around today in the communities people are in jeans, shirts, cargo pants, skirts, blouse, tie, suits. Yoruba identity is blurred.

The consciousness for Yoruba nationality must be accompanied by Yoruba identity in public places. This has to be driven by policy makers at the top. Our leaders are academia-centric, they view Western ideologies as an ideal standard and thus shape our society to be as close to that as is possible.

This is my view!

Your view is on point

eph12:

never heard of oyo or ife Kingdom?

eph12:
Forgotten maybe but names don't define who a person is or what he's gonna be so not so important

sometimes they do.

thinkdip:
sure the names doesn't define your person, but the culture? Doesn't it demand we uphold it?

names change over time.

The names are preserved in the Ifa literary corpus and are still born by Ifa devotees.

i think now they are mostly descriptive, instead of being given names.

Funjosh:
How about these onces,

While we are hearing names like
SUSSY
JENNY
KENNY
SAMMY
PILE
BLIND
FUNKIE
LOLIPOP
STOOL

Am still wondering while we bear all those baby names self.

You forgot to add these names:

SAHEED
SIKIRU
WASIU
IDIAT
SHAKIRAT
RAUFU ETC

walexy30:


You forgot to add these names:

SAHEED
SIKIRU
WASIU
IDIAT
SHAKIRAT
RAUFU ETC

Growing up on the street then with other kids with weird names sometimes get me noughts. one boy answers mongidi (aburo kaxim) I kept wandering if the father purposely do that to punish the child when we were children. the name was strange to me then, thank God for refinement, when Yoruba handle your foreign name, shame go catch you deny yourself.

I prefer saidi to saheed, for some reason.

tpiander:
I prefer saidi to saheed, for some reason.

The refined one is okay for trained tongue.

what are the really ancient Yoruba names besides the ones mentioned by the op which btw might not be as ancient as the extremely olden days ones.