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Many of the Christian names are from Hebrew but were modified in European languages and even Arabic. What would these names sound like if they were modified in Igbo directly from Hebrew, I've attempted some.

See @ http://igbobuofu.com/threads/igboising-hebrew-christian-names.130/

ezeagu:
Many of the Christian names are from Hebrew but were modified in European languages and even Arabic. What would these names sound like if they were modified in Igbo directly from Hebrew, I've attempted some.

Hebrew - English - Igbo
Elisheva - Elisabeth - Elishiuva
Rut - Ruth - Rutu
Eve - Chava - Chava
Yitzhak - Isaac - Yisaku
Dawid - David - Diwude
Adam - Adam - Adama

The appearance of V in some of those name makes it to loose its Igbotic fragrance.
The conversion of those name to Igbo show take preference from from origin source and not English.
My take on this is understanding the meaning of most prefix and suffix used in those name and replace with its exact Igbo term.
Eg; the term EL as used in some of the name like EzekiEL, GabriEL etc means God (CHI), so converting them to Igbo will be simply changing the EL with CHI.
Eg. RaphaEL - RaphaCHI
MichaEL - MichaCHI
SamuEL - SamuCHI

V is very common in some dialects, like some people would say Ive or Ivu.

^^ mee ka o mara.

sirade:
The appearance of V in some of those name makes it to loose its Igbotic fragrance.
The conversion of those name to Igbo show take preference from from origin source and not English.
My take on this is understanding the meaning of most prefix and suffix used in those name and replace with its exact Igbo term.
Eg; the term EL as used in some of the name like EzekiEL, GabriEL etc means God (CHI), so converting them to Igbo will be simply changing the EL with CHI.
Eg. RaphaEL - RaphaCHI
MichaEL - MichaCHI
SamuEL - SamuCHI

V is an important part of some southern Igbo dialects eg ngwa, aro, ikwerre.belittling it is insulting those people
As for your names
Rafael would be Ravachi
Mikhael would be Mihachi
Shmuel would be Zamchi

cheruv:
V is an important part of some southern Igbo dialects eg ngwa, aro, ikwerre.belittling it is insulting those people
As for your names
Rafael would be Ravachi
Mikhael would be Mihachi
Shmuel would be Zamchi

I know some Igbo dialects make use of V, but its usage is not rampant.

Interesting.