ouzo1:
What about Kingsley??

Wetin do the name?

Miracle

MissWrite:



. This is Ikwere.

Hearose
Fineday
Fineface
Bonyface
Godspower
Fortunate
Peculiar
Butoneday

Ikwerre people can mix names for Africa. The names of some of my students back when I was serving ehn!

Bruno
Polycarp
Polynus
Linus
Boniface
Livinus
ThankGod

Some even name their kids in pidgin, like; Goddey

Others choose positional names like;

Festus
Secondus
Thaddeus.

ogorwyne:

Ikwerre people can mix names for Africa. The names of some of my students back when I was serving ehn!

Lol! . True. Some of those names are so weird.

Married newly and have told my wife no English name to all our children, all of them will bear Igbo name, Somtoochukwu, Ezinwa, Osinachi etc

ruggedtimi:
Ijaw english names na weak me pass
Government Boyloaf Millionaire Heineken Manager Diver Nigeria Week.

haha funny

MissWrite:



. This is Ikwere.

Hearose
Fineday
Fineface
Bonyface
Godspower
Fortunate
Peculiar
Butoneday

You left out: Pepple, Horsefall, Churchill...

lol bruh I've seen determination endurance praise God Thursday Tuesday Saturday

Durhleepee:



Endurance
ThankGod
Faithful

That one na Calabar names.....But that Juventus got me laughing

God's time
Precious
Innocent
Electric
God's power

And my girl friend's name is "New life"

onyeezeigbo:
hello nairalanders and my fellow igbo family, this thread is about the choice of English names igbos choose to give their children which needs to stop.
to me these names sounds funny and I see no reason to give that to your children.

names like ;
Magnus
donatus
Linus
Festus
longinus
juventus
Titus
callistus

Latin/Catholic names

UfuomaUN:

You left out: Pepple, Horsefall, Churchill...

yeah, PH boy.

chukxie:
Hahaha! I have this friend called Scholar. What a name!

full name is scholastica

Anoti1:
Bruno
Polycarp
Polynus
Linus
Boniface
Livinus
ThankGod

Some even name their kids in pidgin, like; Goddey

Others choose positional names like;

Festus
Secondus
Thaddeus.

Foetus
Sixtus

onyeezeigbo:
hello nairalanders and my fellow igbo family, this thread is about the choice of English names igbos choose to give their children which needs to stop.
to me these names sounds funny and I see no reason to give that to your children.

names like ;
Magnus
donatus
Linus
Festus
longinus
juventus
Titus
callistus

Those names are for Roman Catholic people.They want to be more roman than the pope.

Anna Maria magherita
Uche Secondus
Mark Anthony Remigius
John Paul Paulinus
Stella Jane Paulina.

Other faiths don’t answer such names

Anglicans will go for the names below...na dem sabi bible pass.

Jeremiah
Hezekaia
Onesimus
Philemon
Isaiah


Pentecostals like RCCG, Winners will answer...

Prosper
Success
Miracle
Favour
Blessing
Progress
Prosperity

They want to hammer and swim in the ocean of riches and wealth.

Sincerely, I think most folks are ashamed of their tribe and culture. They rarely go with their indigenous names like the Yorubas and Hausas. Sad.

Marcellinus

onyeezeigbo:
hello nairalanders and my fellow igbo family, this thread is about the choice of English names igbos choose to give their children which needs to stop.
to me these names sounds funny and I see no reason to give that to your children.

names like ;
Magnus
donatus
Linus
Festus
longinus
juventus
Titus
callistus

ruggedtimi:
Ijaw english names na weak me pass
Government Boyloaf Millionaire Heineken Manager Diver Nigeria Week.

sweety lampard

ruggedtimi:
Ijaw english names na weak me pass
Government Boyloaf Millionaire Heineken Manager Diver Nigeria Week.

sweety lampard halleluyah

Durhleepee:


Endurance ThankGod Faithful

So there is this girl in my hostel, her name is Obedience .

Longinus cyracus Ignatius sixtus
Cletus Cornelius Hyginus... dem still plenty...when I chop finish I'll remember more!

Yes, you are right, let igbos drop such names and start bearing beautiful names like

Sikiru
Kamorudeen
Medinat
Monsuru
Shaki
Ajara
Buraimoh
Soara
Ramota
Kudiratu
Najimu

onyeezeigbo:
hello nairalanders and my fellow igbo family, this thread is about the choice of English names igbos choose to give their children which needs to stop.
to me these names sounds funny and I see no reason to give that to your children.

names like ;
Magnus
donatus
Linus
Festus
longinus
juventus
Titus
callistus

Thank God I gave all my children deep igbo names with good meanings, don't answer any foreign names, my children won't also

Still better to me than the most horrible name ever: Ekaete

tartar9:
Still better to me than the most horrible name ever: Ekaete

lol

tartar9:
Still better to me than the most horrible name ever: Ekaete

lol

If foreigners can name their kids Chicago, North, Evil, Drinkwater, Titanium, then we too have the right to give names like Paulinus, Longinus, Magnus, Buhari and Obasanjo.

IamLEGEND1:
Don't forget

Powerful
Godknows
Godspraise
Loveday
Bekind
Wonderful.

No.this one is mostly Niger Deltans

The names don't sound good to us but they are great Latin era names

migeoart:
full name is scholastica

Your name too is funny