What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? - Culture (3)

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Ibehchizzy: 3:21pm On Mar 27

Idongesit will forever remain funny to me

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by lamalang(m): 3:21pm On Mar 27

Tinubu, Akpabio

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by commoditiesnig(m): 3:22pm On Mar 27

Interesting post..

A young neighbour back then in Benin.. he’s name was “Senator”.. i wonder why his parents gave him such a name

Another I came across was “Life” a school mate back then in boarding.

Our current minister “Heineken” is another unusual name I’ve heard. Whenever I hear his name na Heineken beer 🍺 my mind go straight 😂

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Killermamba: 3:23pm On Mar 27

Gaylord focker

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by ChristianMuslim: 3:25pm On Mar 27

Ko mo maths
Esu
Eti
Ba' shower

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by ogaemma: 3:27pm On Mar 27

I remember a footballer in the EPL with the name Blind😨

I don't know if he is still active in football

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Ironbull: 3:28pm On Mar 27

Utano

Ukwuoboshi

Ogwute

Ajarah

Teslim

Abdul

Ruka

Nafidah

Sullam

Harry Cane

Joe Pain

Trump

The list is long

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by mayor1814: 3:29pm On Mar 27

George BUSH; John STONES; DRINKWATER; Megan FOX; Jamie FOX; Wayne BRIDGE

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by LZAA: 3:32pm On Mar 27

Heineken
Horsfall
All those SS names dey weak person
Then Ganiyu and Fatai
You be engine? grin

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by kppo(m): 3:34pm On Mar 27

I know a boy called "It is well".

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by airsaylongcome: 3:35pm On Mar 27

2RightHands1Coc:
Met a delta Guy called Government. Like person just decide name him pikin government.

Ijoba

Tompolo first name is Government. Government Ekpemulo is his “government name”.

Ijaw people seem to love that name

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by airsaylongcome: 3:38pm On Mar 27

Kalulu44:
See eh! Delta and Bayelsa state you people always say has the weird names, at least their own can be pronounced and spelled well like Government, Manager e.t.c.
So tell me how you can pronounced Iorfa, Pantumu, Gwol, Dokan Tofa, Dahwoldangong e.t.c.

Iorfa is pronounceable na: “your fa”.

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by B3sty(m): 3:38pm On Mar 27

Lithiumite:
Boniface,fine face,secondus,warmate,

Boom 💥... The First name that comes to your mind is my name ... grin

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by energy37: 3:39pm On Mar 27

Israel is a Biblical name; picked from the Bible. I don't think there is anything wrong with this except you want to say it is wrong to bear Joshua, Elizabeth, John, Mark etc.

Omoawoke:
Israel..

How black Africans name their kids Israel is beyond my imagination

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Juliusable007(m): 3:42pm On Mar 27

Sugar, Tuesday, November, December

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Kalulu44: 3:42pm On Mar 27

airsaylongcome:
Iorfa is pronounceable na: “your fa”.

Good you pronounced it like that, how many people can spell it correctly after pronouncing it for them

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by sisisioge: 3:42pm On Mar 27

Apple....Why? One celeb say because she loves apples.
North West....

And a lot already repeated here. Apple is the worst for me grin

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Gabrielsunday(m): 3:47pm On Mar 27

Passport

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by omartins(m): 3:49pm On Mar 27

MichaelTokunboh:
Arokoyo
Yoruba name meaning
"He who delights at the sight of gbola"
😂 😂 😂

It's RE MI RE DO not RE MI MI DO
AROKOYO - "He who is delighted at the sight of Farm".

Agbaya niyin Sir.

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Haydens: 3:58pm On Mar 27

Dakik shitnan

Freeman

Ori

Bathong

Airhumwunde

Amuneke

Allwell

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Emeka71(m): 3:59pm On Mar 27

Lithiumite:
Boniface,fine face,secondus,warmate,

Alausa.

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by bluejay05: 4:03pm On Mar 27

I once met a lady from Jo's whose surname is " governor" ...I was very surprised when I first heard it :

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by SisterAnn(f): 4:07pm On Mar 27

AngelicBeing:
You have started again ooooooooo with your savage response ooooooooo mucheche Hahaha 😂

Hahaha 😃

I have made my point as per the thread. 🤣

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Solcampbell: 4:09pm On Mar 27

During my NYSC camp days, I met a lady from Bayelsa who introduced herself as Apili, and I immediately declared that she had one of the most lovely and unique South -South names I have ever heard.

On the last day of camp when she showed me her deployment letter, I realised that Apili was an abbreviation of APPEAL COURT.

APPEAL COURT JAMES, yea that was her name.

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by victoryenergy: 4:09pm On Mar 27

mine is omopariola😊😊

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Yemmysworld91: 4:10pm On Mar 27

geoworldedu:
Oridota

Not enough original content

Meaning: dull head

You are wrong. That's what I initially thought was the meaning when I heard and laughed over it. It's actually ori di okuta. If you are Yoruba you will understand the deep meaning beyond the literal interpretation. That's why many of them are yet to change it

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by koffi1995(m): 4:11pm On Mar 27

When I was in school there was a family that named their kids Bismillah, Mashallah, Allahuakbar, Alhamdulillah, & Inshallah

If one of them cheats and has a child outside the marriage, maybe they will name them "Astaghfirullah"?

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by ibawon(m): 4:13pm On Mar 27

My very good friend is my old colleague:
Oshukunofa
Chairman

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by donmik: 4:16pm On Mar 27

Oyibo names

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by donmik: 4:18pm On Mar 27

Ibehchizzy:
Idongesit will forever remain funny to me

Why na?

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by dalass(f): 4:19pm On Mar 27

obembet:
I think many of us have come across some really funny or unusual names that make you pause and wonder what they actually mean.

Back in university, I had a friend whose name was Nigeria. The first time I met him and he told me his name, I was like, “Haaaaa!” 😄 I thought that was the strangest name I’d ever heard until I travelled to the South-South and started hearing names like Natural, President, Government, Manager, Ajalekoko, and more.

I’m sure these names have meaningful stories behind them for the people who bear them.

So tell me what’s the weirdest name you’ve ever heard?

Source: obembe Tosin

Heineken, Oil of God cry

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