bisiaet:

Has any one in the house ever see a Chiness nan name his son John, Maxwee, or Henry?

seedord247:

Did you like someone calling you this name?

Sangosegun,

Ifakemi,

Okija chukwu

and also remember that we're still a developing country.

You are sooo sounding daft . . .are those the names you here on the street especially at the age or you just feel like saying rubbish? What about chioma, Uzo, Ololade, Bukola, Tunde etc. If we are a developing nation, does that change your nationality? or does that remove your origin from Africa or Nig?

oludashmi:

You are sooo sounding daft . . .are those the names you here on the street especially at the age or you just feel like saying rubbish? What about chioma, Uzo, Ololade, Bukola, Tunde etc. If we are a developing nation, does that change your nationality? or does that remove your origin from Africa or Nig?

excanny:

I'll like to suggest that if we even want to use some of these foreign names, we can localize them to spell like our native languages.

For example, i've seen some Igbo people Igbonize
a biblical greek name like 'Peter' into 'Pita'.

There's a Yoruba movie titled 'Jenifa', which i think is probably a Yorubanized form for
the Welsh name 'Jennifer'.

If we can localize some of these foreign names into our own forms like the English do, it might still be fine.

excanny:

I'll like to suggest that if we even want to use some of these foreign names, we can localize them to spell like our native languages.

For example, i've seen some Igbo people Igbonize
a biblical greek name like 'Peter' into 'Pita'.

There's a Yoruba movie titled 'Jenifa', which i think is probably a Yorubanized form for
the Welsh name 'Jennifer'.

If we can localize some of these foreign names into our own forms like the English do, it might still be fine.

Gemma11:

I have come across a Chinese lady called Anne
An Asian guy called John just to name a few.

I feel people should be able to name their kids what they want. There are plenty of beautiful names out there whether they be African, European or Asian.
My first name is Jewish, straight from the Bible and I love it as it defines me and I wouldn't change it for the world.

TinTin18:

W
Would you have been able to pronounce Xi or Qui? That aside, have you ever bothered to ask them if thats the name on their birth certificates? Trust me, the answer will be NO! There were some in my class at uni that had english names but whenever an attendance list was passed, Anne will write her name down as Xi Quang. why

Gamine:

LOL!

Reminds me of what Fela Kuti said,
He died because when he was born the first time, he was given a name ''Hildegart'
he was like WTF!! and died. He came back and was given FELA.

He also changed his surname 'cause it made no sense.
I wander why people fall over themselves to acquire these names that have no meaning.

Gemma11:

Some people are actually given these names at birth and all names mean something.

TinTin18:

And those who claim their English names are christian names, what happened to Osaigbovo, Oreofeoluwa, Chukwuma, etc? aren't those christian names to?

Thank God my folks didn't give me an English name to say the least.

seedord247:

I never see a sounding silly like you, are we the only one that are bearing their names in this lovely world, most of all this names are originated from the bible and the Quran, more also this people are the one that colonized us and if not for this people do you know that  you will still be putting on animal skin to cover your body rather than putting on that your dirty stinky G string.

See hw small your brain is, cos they colonised you now mean you should sell your nationality to them or stop eating your local foods and eat burger and chocolates morning, afternoon and night . . .point of correction, they didnt bring us cloth, if they did, we wouldnt have had traditional dresses cos they would have brought us up to wear jeans and suits as our outfits, we were covered b4 their arrival. Dont talk like this again or else you will soon say they taught us our languages, UNDERSTOOD?

They came and took away our fore-fathers for slavery and our cultural heritages. There arrival exposed us to robbery, fornication, we had no thieves and used to trade our goods by simply putting some stones to identify the cost of the goods and walk away, when you come back, your goods and money would be intact. Let me stop here, You must be a small girl I am not condemning them but just correcting your statement b4 you start feeling inferior to them

Mbeki:

English names was given to our forefathers becos their oppressive masters then couldn't
1. pronounce their native names
2. Believed their English names are superior to the local names.
3. Sees our forefathers as their pet they can give just any names

No nation or continent will develop when u carry out all your activities on borrowed languages. That's y most African countries are underdeveloped and most Asia countries are rising to developed country level.

We take shameful pride in foreign things to the detriment of ours; especially Nigerians That's y other nations sees us as inferior and looks down on us.

Just Imagine that Physics, Chemistry and other subject are taught in your native language, the level of what your can do will be unimaginable.

The whites has brainwashed us way back, destroyed our history and left us hanging, it's a pity that a lot of people don't understand this, they still want to be a white man in black skin. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE!