chux76: My name is: Chukwuma Ekwemuka

My names are: Chukwuma Christian Benedict Ekwemuka

I hope the above explains it all.

mustspin: "my name is" when you want to introduce yourself officially with just your 1st and last name but "my names are" when you wanna introduce yourself informally by mentioning all your names and prolly nicks too

12 inches!:
"My name is" appears to be correct. Because we don't put a coma behind each name. For example, "My name is Akinbade Olusola Esther." But if u were to say "My names are" You should put a coma behind each name as there are more than one name. For example, " My names are " Akinbade,Olusola, and Esther" Nobody does that. So it appears incorrect. My 2cents.

Em-my:

NAME RULES
1) To write your name, use the format:
{firstName} {MiddleName} {Surname}

2) Your Name is usually a combination of ur real name & surname,
ur surname comes last EXCEPT where otherwise indicated.....
3) When asked Your name;
you are expected to say ur first name only!
Except an affix is attached to the 'name'...

I feel disappointed when I hear Nigerian Legislator saying: "My names are:"

shymmex: How can a Nigerian say: 'my name is'??

Imagine an urhobo man saying my name is: obatsemukoroalopo mukoro oritse olukunmumkinmi

A Yoruba man saying my name is : Opeyemi Balogun Ogunjimi Olasupo Oladipupo

Or an Igbo man saying my name is: Ojukwu Emekachukwu Ofodile Isinachukwu Idozie

'My name is' will never work in the Nigerian context, everything about us defies normal logic...

So, it should be 'My names are' in Nigeria.

wales: My Name Na is the correct one !

Em-my:

NAME RULES
1) To write your name, use the format:
{firstName} {MiddleName} {Surname}

2) Your Name is usually a combination of ur real name & surname,
ur surname comes last EXCEPT where otherwise indicated.....
3) When asked Your name;
you are expected to say ur first name only!
Except an affix is attached to the 'name'...

I feel disappointed when I hear Nigerian Legislator saying: "My names are:"

bandiejay:

lol

Reference:

That's why you must watch what you feed the kids. With Nollywood running riot, pidgin firmly entrenched in the mass media and schools perpetually on strike, little wonder most people don't even know how to address themselves. My names are ??. As if you are some sort of manufactured product.

noblezone: "My names are" can never be correct while introducing yourself.

Your name is your identity and you have only one identity.

"My name is" is the same as "I am". It does not matter if you one "middle" name of four. Your name is your identity.

If your first name is Obi, middle name Sule and Surname Taiwo, these are not three different identities, they are the different parts that form your identity. Non of them can exist alone when identifying you. If you say, my name is Obi, you would likely here, Obi who?

"My names are" would be correct if you have double/multiple identities.

Racer is a model of Daewoo car. The complete identity of that car is neither Daewoo nor Racer alone, rather "Daewoo Racer".
So, Daewoo Racer is the name of the car, not names of the car.

I shudder when I hear people commit that blunder.

If you don't have multiple identities, then "my name is" and nothing else.

ballabriggs: "My names are" sounds Igbotic.