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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by yomi531(m): 5:13pm On Mar 27

Ibehchizzy:
Idongesit will forever remain funny to me

Na Akwaibom name o.

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by MeetDx(m): 5:16pm On Mar 27

I have met an African American Lady who bears "Nigeria"

Other names: Adviser, Chairman, Saturday, Shoeman. Smh...

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by MissOpe(f): 5:19pm On Mar 27

Obominirun.

Orobosa...

Im not capping

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by ruzell86: 5:21pm On Mar 27

Okoro

Jumbo
Lambo
Philomena
Ajayibembe
Idongesit
Boniface
ThankGod
Glorious
Ideal
Dunkwu

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by 2nattie(m): 5:28pm On Mar 27

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

That's not true. It actually exemplifies someone that is always happy to work hard. Literally, it means someone that sees farm and is happy

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Shogoseyi: 5:28pm On Mar 27

A friend of mine from balyesa his name is (forcadose)

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by DeepSight(m): 5:36pm On Mar 27

ReubenE:
That undisputed title belongs to Ijaw people
No try am.
Ijaw people bear anything and everything as name whether in English or in the native language. You'll hear:

Lagos
Urban
Asset
Fullpower
Goodhead
Machine
Nigeria
Ghana
Aeroplane
Government
Famous
Accra
Navy
Light
New-world
Newman
Dijay
Barbar
Welcome
Christmas
London
Money
Honour
Captain
Jerusalem
Think-of-me
Water-owei
Courtkiri - (Courtyard) Ijaw people have names that Ijaw and English is joined together. They can add "ere" and "owei" to the end of any English name they want to identify female and male.

It is endless

+.
Even I who know of someone called Appeal Court (Apili for short) am amazed at your list. Surely you are joking about Aeroplane ✈️

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by engrchykae(m): 5:38pm On Mar 27

Omoawoke:
Israel..

How black Africans name their kids Israel is beyond my imagination

behave yourself, that's my name

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by 2nattie(m): 5:39pm On Mar 27

Or - said she was from Benue State
Asagidigbi
Omotoriogun
Edun

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by HIM007: 5:48pm On Mar 27

I have heard of evidence and bluejack

For that evidence i wonder what made a parent give his child *Evidence* like this is the evidence of what we did in the night ooooo😂😂😂

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by kwaraguy(m): 5:52pm On Mar 27

Men. That's the name for me. Very intelligent classmate back in uni

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Aringon(m): 5:53pm On Mar 27

It's ibibio/Efik name meaning COMFORT

Ibehchizzy:
Idongesit will forever remain funny to me

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Edzy: 5:53pm On Mar 27

ogbokoko Agogo kai

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by obinnaxci(m): 5:54pm On Mar 27

Determination, America, Ambition. Weird ass names

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by jakD(m): 5:58pm On Mar 27

Sermwell:
Heineken
Governor
Amerika
President
Manager

Someone may just think I'm making these names up! These are real names!

Do you know that this is also a name?
Aa~ee

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by sunnymighty(m): 5:59pm On Mar 27

Sen. Barinagha Mpigi (May his soul RIP)

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Aringon(m): 6:00pm On Mar 27

Weyrey 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 it means COMFORT

Awesome01:
"Idongesit"

Always funny to me anytime, anyday.

I'll be like - Dey play. If you late enter Molue bus, you go carry standing to your destination.

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by zedman1(m): 6:07pm 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

I read a story here on Nairaland today and I saw two of such strange names from Ijaw. Mr. Target Segibo and Mr. Easterday Ayebaitari

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by hartson: 6:08pm On Mar 27

Sermwell:
Heineken
Governor
Amerika
President
Manager

Someone may just think I'm making these names up! These are real names!

You are very correct.common among ijaws.
I have seen name like Caterpillar real name oo

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by docjeph(m): 6:19pm On Mar 27

Sermwell:
Heineken
Governor
Amerika
President
Manager

Someone may just think I'm making these names up! These are real names!

You’re not. Our minister for petroleum (state) is Heineken Loikpobiri

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by KINGKONG(m): 6:20pm On Mar 27

Republic
Police
Government
Warmate

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by KINGKONG(m): 6:21pm On Mar 27

Awesome01:
"Idongesit"

Always funny to me anytime, anyday.

I'll be like - Dey play. If you late enter Molue bus, you go carry standing to your destination.

How is "Idongesit" funny?

When it means Comfort ...... Or na your ex name where jilt you? huh

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by xxxx999jon: 6:24pm On Mar 27

Pootle:
penkelemessi
gospel
majekodumi
omojesu
sampan
ogunlaye
borishade
ogidiolu

you don leave ronaldo finally

penkelemesi is a nick name.. Not a real name corruption of peculiar mess Adelabu.

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by WiseBizInvestor(f): 6:25pm On Mar 27

😳Warmate kẹ̀?? 😳 That one should belong in the United States' department of War! 🤣

Lithiumite:
Boniface,fine face,secondus,warmate,

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by SafariHunter(m): 6:29pm On Mar 27

One of my G for uni from Kaduna name na Pikin.

Dude housed me in my first year free when I was stranded...

Life

brain54:
Atutuboyoyo...

I used to hear comedians use it in jokes I never really knew it was actually a name.

A had a neighbor one time in kaduna... one of the son's name was pikin I asked if it was a nickname or alias. They said no, real name.

For the most unusual names though hand the trophy to the Delta and bayelsa ijaws

Those ones can answer anything. And how can I forget my plateau people. Pan, rang and so many Chinese sounding names.

Someone made a joke about them dropping a plate at the birth of a child and naming the child after the sound the plate made when it hit the ground!

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Lithiumite: 6:44pm On Mar 27

geoworldedu:
Oridota

Not enough original content

Meaning: dull head

I had a school mate by that name,his surname though.

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Lithiumite: 6:52pm On Mar 27

commoditiesnig:
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 😂

Guinness is a name same as gordons

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Lithiumite: 6:54pm On Mar 27

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

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

He wasn't English,uts actually Dutch and and its pronounced "bleend"

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Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by GeneralOuki: 6:56pm On Mar 27

Sonnobax15:

My step mom's name was Warri.

Some of her elder children whom she had for her first husband had names like,sapele, London.

every one of these funny strange names I've come across is always from one particular state, Delta state grin

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by just2endowed: 6:59pm On Mar 27

Sermwell:
Heineken
Governor
Amerika
President
Manager

Someone may just think I'm making these names up! These are real names!

Government is also a name.

One man called his son naira

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by bablon20(m): 7:00pm On Mar 27

Valentine

Re: What’s The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Come Across? by Shedrack777: 7:01pm On Mar 27

Just come to northern Kaduna (Christians part) and Katsina south (funtua, malumfashi, kafur) you go hear names like:
Chat
Gona (farm)
Likita (doctor)
Mantau (forgetfulness)
Birni (city)
Kauye (village)
Param
Dirnam
Inuwa

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