Let's deduce the meanings using Akahan...
The name is made up of two terms viz ọnụ and ọha/ọra... And writing it in Akahan we've
Ọnụ: 口
Ọha/Ọra: 公
Giving us 口公, which is the Akahan form.
So if both Ọnụọha and Ọnụọra have the same writing in Akahan, it simply means that they're the same thing. QED

It's just like ọtụ and ikpu. Same difference.

They are the same. Just difference in pronunciation. Like okolie and okorie. They both mean "Orie" market day.

The Igbos have only Eze, there's nothing like Ezeh,

Igbos have Chidimma, nothing like Chidinma.

Please look for "Mbido Igbo" book 3, 4 & 5 for more details.

As for Onuora and Onuha; they're both the same just like Ahamefuna and Afamefuna, Ifeoma and Iheoma, Orie and Oye, Onyebuchi and Onyewuchi, Ahia and Afia and so on

yorubakid:
No difference same meaning..just that different igboland pronounce and spell it differently.
Onuora or onuoha simply means he who speaks for the whole community

We have Ezeh and Eze
Chidimma and chidinma.there many names like that in igboland

Ctorch:
What is the Difference between Onuora and Onuoha? Are they the same?

Is it Theresa Onuoha or Theresa Onuora.

People are contending against and for the name on Facebook.

Yes there is a difference. Onuoha is the universal or generally accepted way of writing and pronouncing the name itself, it is called 'Igboizugbe'.

While Onuora stems from how individuals, towns or places in igboland pronounce and write it in their own Igbo dialects.

example: Efele (plate) - Igboizugbe
Afele (plate) - local igbo dialects.or onu ndi-be-ndi.

They both mean the same thing. The spelling difference is a matter of dialect.
Onuoha or Onuora means Voice of the People.

Ctorch:
What is the Difference between Onuora and Onuoha? Are they the same?

Is it Theresa Onuoha or Theresa Onuora.

People are contending against and for the name on Facebook.

wordcat:
The Igbos have only Eze, there's nothing like Ezeh,

Igbos have Chidimma, nothing like Chidinma.

Please look for "Mbido Igbo" book 3, 4 & 5 for more details.

As for Onuora and Onuha; they're both the same just like Ahamefuna and Afamefuna, Ifeoma and Iheoma, Orie and Oye, Onyebuchi and Onyewuchi and so on

Don't crucify him.....I know a senior friend whose surname is Ezeh.
He is a Presbyter in the Methodist Church and I have known him with that surname for over 25 years.

He is from Uturu.

AlfaSeltzer:
It's just like ọtụ and ikpu.Same difference.

of all the examples to give

wordcat:
The Igbos have only Eze, there's nothing like Ezeh,

Igbos have Chidimma, nothing like Chidinma.

Please look for "Mbido Igbo" book 3, 4 & 5 for more details.

As for Onuora and Onuha; they're both the same just like Ahamefuna and Afamefuna, Ifeoma and Iheoma, Orie and Oye, Onyebuchi and Onyewuchi, Ahia and Afia and so on

I have seen lot of igbos with surname Ezeh..those from Enugu state.

fergie001:

Don't crucify him.....I know a senior friend whose surname is Ezeh.
He is a Presbyter in the Methodist Church and I have known him with that surname for over 25 years.

He is from Uturu.

Thank you bro..while in UNN I discovered that lot of Nsukka people answer Ezeh as their surname..

fergie001:

Don't crucify him.....I know a senior friend whose surname is Ezeh.
He is a Presbyter in the Methodist Church and I have known him with that surname for over 25 years.

He is from Uturu.

Ezeh is a kinda modernized Igbo word just like Afor, Chidinma

yorubakid:

I have seen lot of igbos with surname Ezeh..those from Enugu state.

The letter E and the letter H cannot end any Igbo word.

Ezeh is a modernize Igbo word like Chidinma. Read Mbido Igbo 4

Cinacci124:



Yes there is a difference. Onuoha is the universal or generally accepted way of writing and pronouncing the name itself, it is called 'Igboizugbe'.

While Onuora stems from how individuals, towns or places in igboland pronounce and write it in their own Igbo dialects.

example: Efele (plate) - Igboizugbe
Afele (plate) - local igbo dialects.or onu ndi-be-ndi.

Will you shattap there. There is nothing like "universal" when writing someone's name.
Both are correct. They will just set music and you people will start jumping up and down.
Can you exert this same energy if it was 1.Muhammad and Mohammed?
2.Abraham and Avraham?
3. JESUS and YESHUA?

The way these scavengers toil with you people show the lack of knowledge in Igbo culture that exists among majority of Ndigbo.

If you are reading this, know that Onuora and Onuoha are the same thing. The difference in spelling is simply based on dialect and in names the way the person spells his is accepted.
Nothing like General form in name.

MelesZenawi:


Why won't it be argued. There is a clear distinction between those names which shows a clear gap between the people culturally and otherwise.

The same the difference in Mohammed and Muhammad shows clear cultural and religious gap between your fellow Muslims right?

Incase you don't know, Igbo is a religion to me as it is to others here, so any term you use for it will be replicated with your own Islamic terminology for you to understand better.

If Mohammed and Muhammad means different thing according to you, I wonder what Buhari's Muhammadu will mean.

christejames:
They are the same just dialectical differences...


Just like pronouncing Stephen and Steven.

Just use Mohammed and Muhammad to illustrate it so that the OP, Juliusmalema aka MelesZenawi and the other Muslim colleagues that want to balkanize Igboland into states and Clans will understand better.

OP, their is no difference. Just like Moses vs Musa.

SlayerForever:
People who are arguing the difference are not Igbos.

You are high on IQ. The above could not be more correct.

fergie001:

Don't crucify him.....I know a senior friend whose surname is Ezeh.
He is a Presbyter in the Methodist Church and I have known him with that surname for over 25 years.

He is from Uturu.

Try to understand the argument first. "Ezeh" doesn't exist in Igbo language writing, but "Eze" does. Your friend's family name is Eze and not Ezeh. The "h" prefix at the end is by individual creation which dates back to more than 25yrs that you have known your friend.

yorubakid:

Thrash!! You know nothing.. when I was in UNN I met lots of Nsukka indigenes with Ezeh as their surname..

Does not qualify Ezeh as a lexicon in Igbo language. Nsukka does not mandate what becomes acceptable in Igbo vernacular.

Idiko1:



You are high on IQ. The above could not be more correct.

Thank you Ichie.

Idiko1:


Does not qualify Ezeh as a lexicon in Igbo language. Nsukka does not mandate what becomes acceptable in Igbo vernacular.

Does anyone mandates what happens in igboland before Every part of igboland have their own ways of doing their own thing including spelling of their names..

MelesZenawi:


Stephen is a total misnomer.

Steven is the right word

Wow! Nairaland.

The name is originally an English name which originated from the Latin word Stephanus (meaning 'crown' or 'wealth'). “Steven” is just an American variant of the more traditional English spelling “Stephen.” Both are pronounced exactly the same way. And both are valid.

Just like Omosola and Omatsola

BKayy:

Just use Mohammed and Muhammad to illustrate it so that the OP, Juliusmalema aka MelesZenawi and the other Muslim colleagues that want to balkanize Igboland into states and Clans will understand better.

If you are afraid of these differences I wonder what una aim be.

The differences shows how different and distinct we are from each other.

Even the name ohanaeze should be scrapped. It doesn't cater for other groups.

Arda1000:
ewu where am from we bear Onuora not Onuoha.
Modified.... I thought I was even replying someone amaro mu no ewu Benin dindirin

When did you guys started answering proper names?

Who give monkey banana.

Awkabigboy:

If you were igbo you would have understood why that guy wrote that stuff

There is nothing to understand in Igbos analysis. It is full of useless emotions than practical answers.

Usonkwu:
Of course it matters, a little, but still... Nnewi used to say 'Ohizu' not 'Orizu' but to be fashionable and acceptable, the biggest royal stool there helped in deadening their mother tongue.

If I am not well Informed I know you are a blatant liar. It is Orizu not Ohizu.

The royal aren't the only ones that bear the name, other bear it generally and it is still Orizu.

Nairaland liars una no dey tire.

Cinacci124:



Yes there is a difference. Onuoha is the universal or generally accepted way of writing and pronouncing the name itself, it is called 'Igboizugbe'.

What a fallacy? Nonsense.

Generally accepted way of doing what? When and how did such happen that we didn't know?

Who endorsed the generally accepted ills in the society?

Igbo Izugbe or whatever it is called is a cankerworm that must be phased out with time...

It is a total deviation to standard. The generally accepted standard is Olundi...case closed.

While Onuora stems from how individuals, towns or places in igboland pronounce and write it in their own Igbo dialects.

example: Efele (plate) - Igboizugbe
Afele (plate) - local igbo dialects.or onu ndi-be-ndi.

Onuora remains the right word. Others are gibberish.

fergie001:

Don't crucify him.....I know a senior friend whose surname is Ezeh.
He is a Presbyter in the Methodist Church and I have known him with that surname for over 25 years.

He is from Uturu.

Una no dey understand something

He is telling you that in Igbo language

Using Igbo izugbe

There is no where in Igbo dictionary or textbooks that it is written as Ezeh

The H attached is just an individual something

We write in Igbo language using Akara uda élu, uda àlà or uda nsuda

Why did iheanacho put dot in his name

It’s to give it a meaning

Idiko1:


Does not qualify Ezeh as a lexicon in Igbo language. Nsukka does not mandate what becomes acceptable in Igbo vernacular.

It’s not. N Nsukka thing

Because Ian from Nsukka and my name is Eze

My family does not attach. ’h’

ONE IS IMO STATE. THE OTHER IS EBONYI STATE. IT'S TONGUE MOVEMENT