₦airaland Forum

Oceanjagaban:
I agree with you on this,Bayelsa has the most weird names you can think of among the states in Nigeria.e.g are names of people i know...Appealcourt,Liberia,themgotire,passport,whoknowstomorrow,Enugu,Yenagoa,Hotel...all these are names i have heard of.the list is countless.

not Bayelsa, but Ijaw generally.
Rivers ijaw have Brown, Whyte, Green, Black, West.
I don't know for Delta ijaw sha

Toruibestate:
As for me, I’m keeping the culture alive. My two children have proper Ijaw names before their “organized” English names.

My daughter: Olaere Sonia

My son: Ayakpo Richard


@Ditari of Ijaw

Even though I and my siblings all have English first names, Ijaw middle names, and Ijaw surname, my children all have Ijaw first names, English middle names, and Ijaw surname.

This is the way it should be.

Then you haven't heard of Benue and Plateau people's names.
Muftwang, Pam, Panam and co for Plateau.
Iorfa, Kpakor and co for Benue

OneDollarSalary:
I beg don't killll me with laughter

Lol…real talk bro. For context, when you hear LGA’s like Langtang, or names like Vongkong or Zingbong (which are actual names, didn’t make them up, I promise) then you’ll probably agree with my initial statement.

I have an ijaw friend, his name is "Pumping," while his father's name is "System". we call him: PUMPING SYSTEM.

Toruibestate:
Ijaw is same thing Yoruba and Igbo is.
Each one having different clans and kingdoms in them.

Clan?

If they're clans, then it's more of a tribe than an ethnic group.

An Ethnic group comprises of tribes and tribes comprises of clans.

I have seen someone who bears NEPA.

Likewise, I have seen someone who bears GERMAN.

Procashtips:
Clan?

If they're clans, then it's more of a tribe than an ethnic group.

An Ethnic group comprises of tribes and tribes comprises of clans.

Same with Ijaw na.
Kalabari is a tribe in Ijaw ethnic group, it has Kula as its own Clan, Kula have Adumu Community as one of its Communities.



It's normal na.

Toruibestate:
Same with Ijaw na.
Kalabari is a tribe in Ijaw ethnic group, it has Kula as its own Clan, Kula have Adumu Community as one of its Communities.



It's normal na.

Apart from the Kula clan, do they have other clans within the Kalabari tribe?

Apart from Kalabari, how many other tribes do you have and do these tribes have clans and the likes too?

It has to be plateau state. You hear names like domkat, pakwet, Gomput etc

PlayerMeji:
People like you are one of the reasons Nairaland is no longer an interesting place for people to congregate anymore...

Gone are those days when people will discuss, learn and be educated about different topics and issues but what do we have today.. People like you who are moving about with toxicity and pains of different magnitude.

Let me ask, what have you personally done to the issues you raised? Abi terrorists are not disturbing you where you are?

They are so many here it is becoming irritating.

Im open to learning new things,but the attack dogs on nairaland just makes it exhausting.

Lols
You wan take Ijaw pple play?

Ijaws also bear Hausa names too
E.g
Buhari Penawo
Shagari Ebilade
Perekeme Babangida,

Those persons were born when The above Hausa Men were Heads of state.

BTW,
Why it is Strange for us Africans to have names like Manager and Heineken?

How about the British and European and names like
Declan Rice
Whitehead
Danny Drinkwater
George Bush
Razvan Rat
Etc.

Toruibestate:
Yes Kolokuma.
I'm from the ancestral home of Kolokuma Kingdom that doubles as the ancestral home of all Ijaws.



Agadagba Igbedi.

My father that died last month September 5 was buried on the same land the first Ijaw man lived over 10,000 years ago because our family lands are part of the island .

i am kolokuma too

3exe3:
i am kolokuma too

Binaowei nua.
Dingi ama?

Toruibestate:
If there’s any tribe in Nigeria that takes the crown for having the most unusual, funny, and downright strange names, it has to be the Ijaw people — whether from Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers, Ondo, Edo, or Akwa Ibom. Especially those from the first three!

I’m from Bayelsa, and honestly, the kind of names you hear among our people will leave you laughing or wondering how they came about. You’ll meet people bearing names like Lifeboat, Emergency, Air, Zinc, and even Table. Believe it or not, I even know someone whose real name is Kitchen!

Now, if you move over to the Rivers Ijaw, especially the Bonny people, their style is purely English — names like Green, Brown, Jumbo, Hart and Fyneface. Then you have the famous surnames from Kalabari like West, Briggs, and Bob-Manuel.

Even among Ijaw politicians, the trend continues — check out names like Heneiken Lokpobiri, James Manager, and Government Ekpemupolo. Tell me which other tribe can compete with that!

But honestly, I’ve told my people before — one day, if you don’t have at least one name that shows the Ijaw in you, people might start questioning if you’re truly Ijaw.

As for me, I’m keeping the culture alive. My two children have proper Ijaw names before their “organized” English names.

My daughter: Olaere Sonia

My son: Ayakpo Richard


@Ditari of Ijaw

A very insightful topic.

The modern Ijaws MUST begin to tone down on those foreign first names and surnames such as Government, Heineken, etc, and proudly rock their indigenous Ijaw names as a matter of pride. Boma, Ebelema (Ebele), Olaere and Ayakpo are very sonorous Ijaw names with meanings. I was fortunate to have attend an elite high school several decades back and a girl by the name of Boma from the Old Rivers State was in a junior class to me. I had another friend named Major from the Old Rivers State his place now falls within Bayelsa State and educated Ijaw folks are friendly as well. The annoying ones are the bad eggs busting crude oil pipelines and stealing crude oil for the illegal refining which is environmentally polluting with some engaging in cases of coastal armed robberies (by speedboats), and kidnappings in the creeks of Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Southern Ijaw (Bayelsa), Rivers, BUT I cherish my friendships with the Ijaws that I've known over the decades.

Nice thread.

Toruibestate:
Binaowei nua.
Dingi ama?

okoloba..orokoro compound

What is in a name? American can give the name Jumbojet to their son or daughter.

Toruibestate:
Olaere in my dialect mean woman of honour.


Ayakpo mean new world.

Impressive.

Toruibestate:
Yes Kolokuma.
I'm from the ancestral home of Kolokuma Kingdom that doubles as the ancestral home of all Ijaws.



Agadagba Igbedi.

My father that died last month September 5 was buried on the same land the first Ijaw man lived over 10,000 years ago because our family lands are part of the island .

That must be in the Central Ijaw area that I've been reading about in the archives.

My brother you no lie, I know one ijaw man for warri wey dey answer "finebrush" I know another one wey dey answer "Izon faarde" meaning (ijaw don finish)

DeepSight:
Pls tell me his surname was not Dumpty?

Oceanjagaban:
I agree with you on this,Bayelsa has the most weird names you can think of among the states in Nigeria.e.g are names of people i know...

Appealcourt,Liberia,themgotire,passport,whoknowstomorrow,Enugu,Yenagoa,Hotel.. .all these are names i have heard of.the list is countless.

That's a hilarious list of names. But seriously, they may have got those names due to the illiteracy or semi-literacy of their parents decades ago. NOW, it's left to the new generation of younger Ijaws to uproot that "colonial mentality" in choosing those kinds of foreign names.

AlphaTaikun:
That must be in the Central Ijaw area that I've been reading about in the archives.

Yes, that's my place.
The exact place is my hometown.

This is a very funny thread 😂😂, Lmao.

They are unique people but marginalised by bad governance. Hear name like :Godbless Kuro boyloaf.

slimfit1:
Poor set of imagination only Nigerians think like this. God created the language we speak, terrorist are taking over your land you are talking about funny names try to buy sense if you are not gifted with one pls.

Bro, I wonder what name, either funny or not got to do where bandits, terrorists and kidnappers butchers you on daily basis. It's like ignoring leprosy for heat rash.

ppogba:
I have seen someone who bears NEPA.

Likewise, I have seen someone who bears GERMAN.

Urhobo pple also likes this name.

Also Palmer too, Urhobos bear the name alot.

Saw the headline and knew it should be Ijaw

PlayerMeji:
People like you are one of the reasons Nairaland is no longer an interesting place for people to congregate anymore...

Gone are those days when people will discuss, learn and be educated about different topics and issues but what do we have today.. People like you who are moving about with toxicity and pains of different magnitude.

Let me ask, what have you personally done to the issues you raised? Abi terrorists are not disturbing you where you are?

They are paid propagandists for both APC,PDP,LP and now ADC pls kindly just ignore them ..seun should look for someone that can target their post to get rid of them ..they are always active when election is coming up ..they av really made nairaland uninteresting .

Come to plateau state and you will marvel. They share name with the Chinese people

Same with Urhobos, they also bear funny names.


Ukuta = Stone

Petrol

Ekpamaku = Zinc

Aeroplane

Saboro = Shovel

Okri = He-goat

Osiobe = Author/writer




Etc