oyinkinola:

...on the day of naming ceremony, can a pastor just come and name your yoruba name and go without christian name?
it is impossible

oyinkinola:

...on the day of naming ceremony, can a pastor just come and name your yoruba name and go without christian name?
it is impossible

ImperialYoruba:


Whats in a name? Why cant i practise Islam faith by simply answering as Oluyemi or Adesewa or Tokunbo or Akinfenwa? Why do I have to be a Jimoh or Fatai to approach my God? Same applies to the Michael and Andrew and Susan in Christianity.

Is Abeni not good enough, will God deny me heaven because I am Akanbi, not Williams?

oyinkinola:

...on the day of naming ceremony, can a pastor just come and name your yoruba name and go without christian name?
it is impossible

Oasis007:




Ignorance - Ignorant



I'm done with you!
Thanks!

ImperialYoruba:
......and speaking of names, I think Yorubas should be banned from giving muslim names to their children, period!

Yoruba damages muslim names:

Ramat - Ramota
Ibrahim - Buraimo
Hussein - Oseni
Hussaina - Osenatu
Atthir - Asiru
Hamid - Hamedi
Ahmed - Amedi
Zulqarnyn - Sulu


There should be global campaign against Yoruba giving muslim name to their children. Let them stil with ethnic Yoruba names, afterall their ethnic names are beautiful.

They can pronounce Alamu with no problem because its Yoruba name but when asked to pronounce Al Amin, which is almost the same, they twist it and make it into Lamina. Wtf!

ImperialYoruba:


Why do we need christian name or muslim name?

Why is our African name not good enough for us?

FSBoperator:


Islam and catholiscm are the only religions that insist on taken up a suitable name to reflect your faith.

oyinkinola:

...why we need christian and muslim then!

ImperialYoruba:


There is nothing in Quran or Bible where God says you your name is an article of faith. Men make these nonsense to promote their culture and ideology above others. Its a tool for conquest.

Those who have been liberated should no longer self-subject themselves to the doctrines that stole their mind and spirit in the beginning, and especially when the ideal is not prescribed as a Holy injunction in the books credited as laws and decrees of Almighty God.

My friend, abeg make i comot for this topic. Una go make me begin preach this evening.

ImperialYoruba:


People must have faith. If you lack faith you self-denigrate and chip away at human dignity.

oyinkinola:

...but what is offensive in asking for muslim or christian name?
I know for sure that prof yemi osinbajo has christian name!

oyinkinola:
On my way to work today I come accross some Ghanians, he greet me, hello Nigerian? I said fine! boldly and proudly! then;
He ask, what's the christian name of your VP, prof Yemi Osinbanjo?
Disapointedly I look up and down but no answer!
they laugh at me and go away!
pls help!
Oyinkinola

ThinkSmarter:
I am a Christian but I bear my native Igbo name.
Christianity is all about accepting Christ Jesus as your Lord and Savior, living a Christ~like life ,getting baptised and becoming a new creature.
David, Solomon, Jacob are all tribal names of Hebrews before the advent of Christianity.
Same thing with Mohammed,fatima, Maryam, SALISU etc., they are all tribal names of Arabs while some re ARABIC version of Hebrew name.

FSBoperator:


In as much as we have our political differences, I still admire your total allegiance to your race and culture.

It is these type of afonjas like the OP that will destroy yoruba heritage and culture as their only allegiance is to their Awusa and Arab Muslim masters.

This yoruba Muslims are the main reason I will never entertain any southern unity.

Get rid of your treacherous afonjas

Hallenjay:
All he has is dat oluyemi osinbajo.... No English name.. We can gve him one now

FSBoperator:


And how does that help anybody?

Obafemi Awolowo had a jewish name, Jeremiah but he didn't go about using it but preferred to be refered by his yoruba names only.

Zetra:
I guess the Op is trying to ask for the English Nomenclature of VP.
The cause of all is "English Language" imposed by our colonial master.
If we had adopted pidgin as a National Language, the social media would have adjusted, and not calling our mother tongue "vernacular".

AkinPhysicist:
Millions of Yoruba Christians don't have 'Christian' names - so ki ni big deal

FSBoperator:


In as much as we have our political differences, I still admire your total allegiance to your race and culture.

It is these type of afonjas like the OP that will destroy yoruba heritage and culture as their only allegiance is to their Awusa and Arab Muslim masters.

This yoruba Muslims are the main reason I will never entertain any southern unity.

Get rid of your treacherous afonjas

dragonking2:
Am not Igbo ..however is Bashiru a Yoruba or not? If yes why are Yoruba Christians not bearing the name?

yashau:
Bashiru is a muslim name.

oyinkinola:

....do you know yoruba very well? do you know my sister is felicia and my uncle is james, my aunt is deborah!
keep away there!

okuya:
U should b ashamed to call urself a yoruba, so u dont know that YEMI is a christian name OLUyemi

Hallenjay:
All he has is dat oluyemi osinbajo.... No English name.. We can gve him one now

9jakool:


And Felicia is not a Christian name, but rather a Latin derived name from "felix" simply meaning happiness. Also James is an English name that is derived from the new testament lakobos in Greek, which was used to address Ya'aqov (Jacob). Deborah is a name from Hebrew meaning "bee." If you look carefully, many Christian names or bible names are just basic names without any deep etymology context. The religious value placed on the name is formed from the biblical character who carries the name. Many Yoruba names already have certain prefixes that are often dropped for the sake of simplicity such as "Oluwa." Must one have a English, Greek, Latin, or Hebrew derived names to have a Christian name?

oyinkinola:
On my way to work today I come accross some Ghanians, he greet me, hello Nigerian? I said fine! boldly and proudly! then;
He ask, what's the christian name of your VP, prof Yemi Osinbanjo?
Disapointedly I look up and down but no answer!
they laugh at me and go away!
pls help!
Oyinkinola