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fiizznation:
This man doesn't know what he is saying. You don't just wake up and type rubbish on your laptop. You carry a thorough research before venturing on what you know nothing about.

Bulus, ishaya, etc are NOT names used by "hausa Christians". These are names used by southern kaduna, borno, plateau and Taraba Christians. And these people have their distinctive language(s) which is not hausa.

He wrote:

"The personal names of Hausa-speaking northern Nigerian Christians also have an onomastic uniqueness that is worth exploring. I use “Hausa-speaking northern Nigerian Christians” here rather loosely to refer to a miscellany of ethnic groups primarily in Nigeria’s northwest and northeast who are nonetheless united by Christianity and the Hausa language."

I think it will also be interesting for the author to broaden his preliminary thoughts on Hausa-speaking Northern Christian names by adding to the list their "ingenious or rather ingenuous method of name bearing" that even though are Hausa words, it is Hausa-speaking-northern-christians unique creation.

Below names will fall under this category:

-Godiya (gratitude)

- Murna (happinness)

- Qauna (Love)

- Bamaiyi (Shorten form of Bamaiyi sai Allah. Meaning Only Allah is Able)

And other humorous names like Angulu (vulture), Bindiga (gun), Wuta (fire)

fiizznation:
Because they speak hausa language still doesn't make them hausa people. They have their own distinctive languages(kataf, birom, jukun, etc). Hausa Christians are called maguzawa in the north and they are very few(almost non-existence). So are you going to call a fulani-man like me who speaks and understand almost every word in hausa language a hausa person?

These hausa Christians don't bear names like Bulus, ishaya, bamaiyi, etc. And this is my point of argument. Maybe the original poster should go and carry his research very well, but as far as am concern, this very article is misleading.

I get your point, but one thing this article has indirectly pointed out, is the century long influence the Hausa language and culture has had on other minority tribes in northern Nigeria.
Many people from other regions of our country term every Northerner as Hausa ( which is not so).
I agree with you that the article is misleading by generalizing every northern Nigerian Christian as Hausa Christian but this is due to their mode of worship. When it comes to Christianity in the North, all northern Nigerian Christians are categorized under one umbrella "Hausa".
In Catholic dioceses in the north, Masses are done in English and Hausa, with the Hausa mass reserved for those who are more comfortable with the Hausa language and attendance are mostly by indigenous Christians.
Till the notion that northern Nigerian is synonymous with Hausa alone is eradicated, articles like this will continue to use this same phrase to easily carry its message

mannatech:
Rahil is the Arabic form of Rachel and though she wasn't called by name in the Qur'an, she was referenced.

Ok.

When Dr Kperogi is not inciting mischief he writes exceptionally eloquent and with enlightenement. He taught me something today.

fiizznation:
Because they speak hausa language still doesn't make them hausa people. They have their own distinctive languages(kataf, birom, jukun, etc). Hausa Christians are called maguzawa in the north and they are very few(almost non-existence). So are you going to call a fulani-man like me who speaks and understand almost every word in hausa language a hausa person?

These hausa Christians don't bear names like Bulus, ishaya, bamaiyi, etc. And this is my point of argument. Maybe the original poster should go and carry his research very well, but as far as am concern, this very article is misleading.

I agree with your point, to add to what you wrote, most native Hausa christains i.e maguzawa are mostly found in Katsina, Kano, jigawa,part of zamfara and northern part of Kaduna they bear mostly muslim names like Abdullahi, usman, yakubu, mohammed etc while most fulani christains from states like kebbi, sokoto, zamfara etc bear the same muslim names. other northern christains that are not ethnic Hausa like birom,kataf,zuru,dukawa,gwari,agas,mada,baju,atakar etc bear names like bulus,bamaiyi,ishaya,bitrus,yohanna etc. as a northern Christain myself am writing from a the point of knowledge.

Since the names are based on Language, then both Christians and Muslims can bear the names?


That means they are not exclusive of any religion and not really unique...

dexentity:
I once met a Hausa Muslim lady that bears Rahila, confused.

rano1:
I think Rahila is just a hausa name.

Rahila means Rachel. Just like Saratu (which means Sarah). The name is answered by both christians and Muslims.

fiizznation:
This man doesn't know what he is saying. You don't just wake up and type rubbish on your laptop. You carry a thorough research before venturing on what you know nothing about.

Bulus, ishaya, etc are NOT names used by "hausa Christians". These are names used by southern kaduna, borno, plateau and Taraba Christians. And these people have their distinctive language(s) which is not hausa.

Stop this. The OP made his piece very clear. He was referring to all the christians in the north who speak Hausa as either a first or 2nd language. So, I think middlebelt christians are also included here.

Besides, you are wrong! I have seen pure Hausa christians answering names like Bitrus, Bulus, Yohanna, e. t. c

Mantain:
You that know what you are saying, help us explain it. The people you mentioned speak Hausa more than there said languages pls.

I am from this area. Not all of us speak Hausa more than our languages. It depends on where you grew up.

If you grow up in the towns/urban areas in Plateau, Southern kaduna, Nasarawa, Taraba, Adamawa, Gombe, South Borno e.t.c The chances of you speak Hausa better than your mother tongue is higher. (cos the urban areas are usually a blend of different people with diverse languages, so hausa is used as the common lingua franca).

But if you grow up in your village (which is a rural area), you will definitely be fluent in your native language. Infact, if you are from a large ethnic group with many speakers, you might not be able to speak Hausa fluently.

There are millions of indigenes of Plateau, South Kaduna, Adamawa, Taraba, Nasarawa, South Kebbi, South Bauchi, South Gombe and South Borno who cannot speak Hausa well. Some cannot even utter a single word of Hausa, especially the elderly people in the interior villages.

mannatech:
I get your point, but one thing this article has indirectly pointed out, is the century long influence the Hausa language and culture has had on other minority tribes in northern Nigeria.
Many people from other regions of our country term every Northerner as Hausa ( which is not so).
I agree with you that the article is misleading by generalizing every northern Nigerian Christian as Hausa Christian but this is due to their mode of worship. When it comes to Christianity in the North, all northern Nigerian Christians are categorized under one umbrella "Hausa".
In Catholic dioceses in the north, Masses are done in English and Hausa, with the Hausa mass reserved for those who are more comfortable with the Hausa language and attendance are mostly by indigenous Christians.
Till the notion that northern Nigerian is synonymous with Hausa alone is eradicated, articles like this will continue to use this same phrase to easily carry its message

The simple reason Hausa language influenced northern Christians was the British in connivance with Hausa fulani leaders who forced the missionaries to evangelize our people with Hausa language.

The missionaries wanted to use Ngas language to evangelize and unite all the old pagan tribes of the north (now Christians). But the British and Hausa leaders knew that this will lead to a problem by creating another large majority group in the north which will challenge Hausa domination.

All northern christians would have had one language NGAS by now.

fiizznation:
Because they speak hausa language still doesn't make them hausa people. They have their own distinctive languages(kataf, birom, jukun, etc). [/b]Hausa Christians are called maguzawa in the north and they are very few(almost non-existence)[b]. So are you going to call a fulani-man like me who speaks and understand almost every word in hausa language a hausa person?

These hausa Christians don't bear names like Bulus, ishaya, bamaiyi, etc. And this is my point of argument. Maybe the original poster should go and carry his research very well, but as far as am concern, this very article is misleading.

@ the bolded. Who told you that pure Hausa maguzawa christians are few and non-existent? There are millions of them! They are not less than 2 milllion people spread all over dozens of communities and towns in mostly Zaria, Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states. They have a body (I have forgotten the name, but I think it is MASIHIYAWA). ......

I think these Hausa christians dominate many communities in Kankia, Malumfashi & Kafur LGAs in Katsina state. In Kano, I think in Doguwa LGA and one am not so sure of, but I think Tudun Wada LGA. In Zaria, Wusasa is their headquarters and they dominate this place.

You may never know that some of these people are christians, because they fully dress like other Hausa muslims, they answer Islamic names and some of their women even wear Hijab. Unless you are part of the christian community, you may never know how much they are. In Kaduna state, you can hardly differentiate these pure Hausa christians from Southern Kaduna people. Infact their own fellow Hausa muslims usually think they are from Southern kaduna.

A7:
He wrote:

"The personal names of Hausa-speaking northern Nigerian Christians also have an onomastic uniqueness that is worth exploring. I use “Hausa-speaking northern Nigerian Christians” here rather loosely to refer to a miscellany of ethnic groups primarily in Nigeria’s northwest and northeast who are nonetheless united by Christianity and the Hausa language."

I think it will also be interesting for the author to broaden his preliminary thoughts on Hausa-speaking Northern Christian names by adding to the list their "ingenious or rather ingenuous method of name bearing" that even though are Hausa words, it is Hausa-speaking-northern-christians unique creation.

Below names will fall under this category:

-Godiya (gratitude)

- Murna (happinness)

- Qauna (Love)

- Bamaiyi (Shorten form of Bamaiyi sai Allah. Meaning Only Allah is Able)

And other humorous names like Angulu (vulture), Bindiga (gun), Wuta (fire)

Most of these humorous native Hausa names are no longer being answered by our people.
It was our grandfathers who answered these names. Especially people from Southern Kaduna. Even our fathers hardly answered these names (rather they switched to the Hausa bible names) and the current generation has now fully switched to English names.

Maigoro, Maigida, DanAuta, Mainoma, Bako, e. t.c

Nowenuse:
Rahila means Rachel. Just like Saratu (which means Sarah). The name is answered by both christians and Muslims.

I learnt something new then.

A7:
He wrote:

"The personal names of Hausa-speaking northern Nigerian Christians also have an onomastic uniqueness that is worth exploring. I use “Hausa-speaking northern Nigerian Christians” here rather loosely to refer to a miscellany of ethnic groups primarily in Nigeria’s northwest and northeast who are nonetheless united by Christianity and the Hausa language."

I think it will also be interesting for the author to broaden his preliminary thoughts on Hausa-speaking Northern Christian names by adding to the list their "ingenious or rather ingenuous method of name bearing" that even though are Hausa words, it is Hausa-speaking-northern-christians unique creation.

Below names will fall under this category:

-Godiya (gratitude)

- Murna (happinness)

- Qauna (Love)

- Bamaiyi (Shorten form of Bamaiyi sai Allah. Meaning Only Allah is Able)

And other humorous names like Angulu (vulture), Bindiga (gun), Wuta (fire)

The above names are native Hausa names just like Igbo, Yoruba, Ibibio or Edo names which have nothing to do with any religious sect. There are Hausa Christians who taken names such as John, James, Daniel etc, just like any other ethnic group in Nigeria. However the original poster wanted us to believe that Arabic names taken by Hausa Christians were exclusively Hausa and Christian not withstanding that such names have also been bore by Hausa Muslims too.

Nowenuse:
Most of these humorous native Hausa names are no longer being answered by our people.
It was our grandfathers who answered these names. Especially people from Southern Kaduna. Even our fathers hardly answered these names (rather they switched to the Hausa bible names) and the current generation has now fully switched to English names.

Maigoro, Maigida, DanAuta, Mainoma, Bako, e. t.c

When i use "Hausa" in reference to christian names below, i want you to view it as Hausanized (western or hebrew) names or just hausa native name.

I am unaware of this development. I find your claim that the "current generation fully switched to english names" very hard to believe, till this day your people give their children those names as birthnames(humorous names)


A noticeable change however is in giving dual birthnames to the newborns, a baby can have a native name and a Hausa or English name at birth. Still english name is the least preferred. First preference is always a "native name". The second preference is Hausa name and third English.

My reason of putting Hausa name above English name is not far fetched, the culture of naming for Hausa speaking christian northerners have buttressed the reason already. They do not only bear Hausa names, they also bear Arab names as well. E.g Bala Ngilari, Yakubu Dogara, Labaran Maku, Yakubu Gowon, Nenadi Usman etc

As things stand, Hausa names are fast relegating the ethnic names to the second spot also.

Another angle that elucidates why English spot is the third preference is, there is no English speaking minorities in the core north.The non Hausa speakers stick to their ethnic names.

Hausa is almost everywhere. Almost every christian denomination in the core north evangelise in Hausa.
Sometimes they adopt the hausanized biblical English names, sometimes they coin what suits them from the Hebrew name.

I cant remember the last time I learnt something this insightful n knowledgeable on NL.

Thanks op.what a wonderful write up.

Nowenuse:
I am from this area. Not all of us speak Hausa more than our languages. It depends on where you grew up.

If you grow up in the towns/urban areas in Plateau, Southern kaduna, Nasarawa, Taraba, Adamawa, Gombe, South Borno e.t.c The chances of you speak Hausa better than your mother tongue is higher. (cos the urban areas are usually a blend of different people with diverse languages, so hausa is used as the common lingua franca).

But if you grow up in your village (which is a rural area), you will definitely be fluent in your native language. Infact, if you are from a large ethnic group with many speakers, you might not be able to speak Hausa fluently.

There are millions of indigenes of Plateau, South Kaduna, Adamawa, Taraba, Nasarawa, South Kebbi, South Bauchi, South Gombe and South Borno who cannot speak Hausa well. Some cannot even utter a single word of Hausa, especially the elderly people in the interior villages.

wow!

Am learning new things this night.

Thanks for that explanation.

DerideGull:
The above names are native Hausa names just like Igbo, Yoruba, Ibibio or Edo names which have nothing to do with any religious sect. There are Hausa Christians who taken names such as John, James, Daniel etc, just like any other ethnic group in Nigeria. However the original poster wanted us to believe that Arabic names taken by Hausa Christians were exclusively Hausa and Christian not withstanding that such names have also been bore by Hausa Muslims too.

The author have made distnictions between Arab, Christian and Hausa native names. His attempt is to bring to light the influence of Hausa language on Hausa-speaking-northern-christians as regards to name bearing. His effort also aim show how the intertwined Arab and Hausa culture gave the christians some ideas about name given/bearing.

It is true they take names like John, Moses, Mary etc, but a huge chunk of them prefer Hausanised Arabicized biblical names like Yahaya(john), Maryam-Mairamu-Mairo (mary), Musa-Kallamu-Kalla(moses) etc. Or Just Hausa/Fulani native names like Duna(dark skinned), Danjuma(born on friday) etc.

However, some birthnames given to Hausa-speaking-northern-christians like the examples i gave in my first post are not Hausa native names. They are more or less "Hausa words used as names" by the christians.

Godiya(gratitude), Qauna(affection), Murna(happiness), Angulu(volture), Wuta(fire) are examples of such names. No Hausa Speaking Muslim have them as birthnames, neither do Hausa pagans of old.

The names are not biblical also, markus(mark), bulus(paul) etc are biblical, and are the Hausa speaking christians coined names like the Hausa speaking Muslims coinage of Lawal(auwal), Ado(Adam), Shehu(sheikh) etc.

Sealeddeal:
The truth is that Islam is a fake copy of Christianity. It's clear that in the naming, teaching and their fierce opposition to true gospel of Christianity.

And Christianity is a fake copy of Judaism.

fiizznation:
Because they speak hausa language still doesn't make them hausa people. They have their own distinctive languages(kataf, birom, jukun, etc). Hausa Christians are called maguzawa in the north and they are very few(almost non-existence). So are you going to call a fulani-man like me who speaks and understand almost every word in hausa language a hausa person?

These hausa Christians don't bear names like Bulus, ishaya, bamaiyi, etc. And this is my point of argument. Maybe the original poster should go and carry his research very well, but as far as am concern, this very article is misleading.

Ofcourse Hausa zan kiraka. I don't discriminate between Hausa related languages (Fulani, Kanuri etc)

They all fall under the naturally blessed language Hausa which God has chosen.

A7:
When i use "Hausa" in reference to christian names below, i want you to view it as Hausanized (western or hebrew) names or just hausa native name.

I am unaware of this development. I find your claim that the "current generation fully switched to english names" very hard to believe, till this day your people give their children those names as birthnames(humorous names)


A noticeable change however is in giving dual birthnames to the newborns, a baby can have a native name and a Hausa or English name at birth. Still english name is the least preferred. First preference is always a "native name". The second preference is Hausa name and third English.

My reason of putting Hausa name above English name is not far fetched, the culture of naming for Hausa speaking christian northerners have buttressed the reason already. They do not only bear Hausa names, they also bear Arab names as well.[b][/b] E.g Bala Ngilari, Yakubu Dogara, Labaran Maku, Yakubu Gowon, Nenadi Usman etc

As things stand, Hausa names are fast relegating the ethnic names to the second spot also.

Another angle that elucidates why English spot is the third preference is, there is no English speaking minorities in the core north.The non Hausa speakers stick to their ethnic names.

Hausa is almost everywhere. Almost every christian denomination in the core north evangelise in Hausa.
Sometimes they adopt the hausanized biblical English names, sometimes they coin what suits them from the Hebrew name.

@the bolded. The names of those people you listed there, none of them is below 50 years of age except maybe Nenadi Usman. Nenadi is her tribal name. Her full name is Nenadi Esther Usman. Esther is her middle name. She is only answering Usman because she married a Hausa muslim man from Jere.

What I said was that those Hausa humorous names, hausanized Arab and bible names are no longer answered by youths, teenagers and children of this generation as such. You can still find some youths within the ages of 20-40 answering these names, but for teenagers and children, it is very difficult (especially in the north central, Southern kaduna & Taraba). But in farther northern areas like South Borno, South Yobe, South Kebbi and those areas closer to muslim areas, you may still find children & teenagers answering these names, but still in a reduced percentage compared to before.

Take for example this list below of the 21 released Chibok girls from South Borno. They are mostly within their late teenage ages. Only 7 of them answered hausanized arabic/bible first names. The rest answered English or their native first names.

Now, this is South Borno as I told you, If this peradventure happened in Plateau or South Kaduna, It would be lower

Nowenuse:
@the bolded. The names of those people you listed there, none of them is below 50 years of age except maybe Nenadi Usman. Nenadi is her tribal name. Her full name is Nenadi Esther Usman. Esther is her middle name. She is only answering Usman because she married a Hausa muslim man from Jere.

What I said was that those Hausa humorous names, hausanized Arab and bible names are no longer answered by youths, teenagers and children of this generation as such. You can still find some youths within the ages of 20-40 answering these names, but for teenagers and children, it is very difficult (especially in the north central, Southern kaduna & Taraba). But in farther northern areas like South Borno, South Yobe, South Kebbi and those areas closer to muslim areas, you may still find children & teenagers answering these names, but still in a reduced percentage compared to before.

Take for example this list below of the 21 released Chibok girls from South Borno. They are mostly within their late teenage ages. Only 7 of them answered hausanized arabic/bible first names. The rest answered English or their native first names.

Now, this is South Borno as I told you, If this peradventure happened in Plateau or South Kaduna, It would be lower

Nice effort.

I could have contested that even in the 21 names you posted Hausa names dominate the list if we take to account "the parents name", but because what you're trying to prove is "the new generation have fully switched to english names" i will be fair to your submission, and concentrate on the big pie, the 21 names are Just crumbs.

To solidify my previous claim that "Hausanized (english or jewish names)" are Hausa-speaking-christian-northerners's second preference as birthname with "native name(1st)" and "english names(3rd)", and that the "Hausa names are fast relegating the native names to second position" i will use same list of abducted christian chibok girls released by CAN to prove to you why i find your claim too hard to believe.

Out of the 165 names, 74 names are neither English nor tribal. Apart from Hausanized Jewish names, there are also Kanuri names (gana, palmata, yana), and Shuwa-Arab names (awa, awagana) and humorous names like (kwanta(lay down), talata(tuesday), yanke (cut short), Kauna (affection), Jinkai (pity/compassion) ).

Chibok girls name is just one example, and due to their proximity with Muslims and their status as a minority tribe in Borno they bear Muslim names like Hauwa, Safiya, Fatima, Zara, Maryam, Aisha etc. But in some places, particularly the north-central, the hausa-speaking-christains bear names like markus, Luka, Bulus, Rahilla, Salomi etc which is Hausanized (english or jewish) names.

This is the CAN list: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/05/chibok-can-releases-names-abducted-girls/

(1)-3. Hauwa ​Yirma
(2)-2. Awa ​Abge
(3)-4. Asabe ​Manu
(4)-10.Hanatu ​Ishaku
(5)-16 Awa ​James
(6)-19 Aisha ​Ezekial
(7)-21 Kwanta ​Simon.
(-22 Kummai ​Aboku.
(9)-24 Hana ​Stephen.
(10)-25. Rifkatu ​Amos
(11)-28. Ladi ​Wadai
(12)-31 Safiya ​Abdu .
(13)-29. Tabitha ​Hyelampa.
(14)-33 Solomi ​Titus .
(15)-38. Laraba ​John
(16)-39 Saratu ​Markus.
(17)-43 Hanatu ​Musa
(18)-44. Hauwa ​Tella
(19)-47.Saraya ​Paul.
(20)-48. Jummai ​Paul
(21)-51.Yanke ​Shittima.
(22)-53. Fatima ​Tabji.
(23)-55.Saratu ​Emmanuel.
(24)-57.Rahila ​Bitrus.
(25)-59. Kauna ​Lalai.
(26)-61.Laraba ​Maman.
(27)-62.Hauwa ​Isuwa.
(28)-64. Hauwa ​Abdu.
(29)-65. Hauwa ​Balti.
(30)-66.Yana ​Joshua.
(31)-67.Laraba ​Paul.
(32)-68.Saraya ​Amos.
(33)-71. Godiya ​Bitrus
(34)-72. Awa ​Bitrus.
(35)-81. Saraya ​Samuel.
(36)-83.Talata ​Daniel.
(37)-86. Salomi ​Pogu.
(38)-91. Maryamu Yakubu.
(39)-91. Zara ​Ishaku.
(40)-93. Maryamu Wavi
(41)-95. Laraba ​Yahonna.
(42)-97.Rahila ​Yahanna.
(43)-99. Ladi ​Paul.
(44)-109. Rifkatu Soloman.
(45)-110.Mairama yahaya.
(46)-111.Saratu ​Dauda.
(47)-112.Jinkai ​Yama.
(48)-114.Yana ​yidau
(49)-116. Amina ​Ali.
(50)-117. Palmata Musa
(51)-118. Awagana Musa
(52)-120.Yana ​Pogu.
(53)-121. Saraya ​Musa
(54)-122. Hauwa ​Joseph.
(55)-123. Hauwa ​kwakwi.
(56)-125. Hauwa ​Musa.
(57)-126. Maryamu Musa.
(58)-127. Maimuna Usman.
(59)-130. Rifkatu Yakubu.
(60)-133. Ladi ​Ibrahim.
(61)-134. Asabe ​Ali
(62)-135. Maryamu Bulama.
(63)-140. Saraya ​Yanga
(64)-141. Kauna ​Luka
(65)-143.Yana ​Bukar
(66)-144. Hauwa ​peter
(67)-145.Hadiza ​Yakubu.
(68)-151 Hanatu ​Nuhu
(69)-156. Rifkatu Galang
(70)-157. Saratu ​Ayuba.
(71)-159. Hauwa ​Ishaya
(72)-160. Rahap ​Ibrahim
(73)-163 Hauwa ​Mutah
(74)-164. Hauwa ​Takai.

A7:
Nice effort.

I could have contested that even in the 21 names you posted Hausa names dominate the list if we take to account "the parents name", but because what you're trying to prove is "the new generation have fully switched to english names" i will be fair to your submission, and concentrate on the big pie, the 21 names are Just crumbs.

To solidify my previous claim that "Hausanized (english or jewish names)" are Hausa-speaking-christian-northerners's second preference as birthname with "native name(1st)" and "english names(3rd)", and that the "Hausa names are fast relegating the native names to second position" i will use same list of abducted christian chibok girls released by CAN to prove to you why i find your claim too hard to believe.

Out of the 165 names, 74 names are neither English nor tribal. Apart from Hausanized Jewish names, there are also Kanuri names (gana, palmata, yana), and Shuwa-Arab names (awa, awagana) and humorous names like (kwanta(lay down), talata(tuesday), yanke (cut short), Kauna (affection), Jinkai (pity/compassion) ).

Chibok girls name is just one example, and due to their proximity with Muslims and their status as a minority tribe in Borno they bear Muslim names like Hauwa, Safiya, Fatima, Zara, Maryam, Aisha etc. But in some places, particularly the north-central, the hausa-speaking-christains bear names like markus, Luka, Bulus, Rahilla, Salomi etc which is Hausanized (english or jewish) names.

This is the CAN list: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/05/chibok-can-releases-names-abducted-girls/

(1)-3. Hauwa ​Yirma
(2)-2. Awa ​Abge
(3)-4. Asabe ​Manu
(4)-10.Hanatu ​Ishaku
(5)-16 Awa ​James
(6)-19 Aisha ​Ezekial
(7)-21 Kwanta ​Simon.
(-22 Kummai ​Aboku.
(9)-24 Hana ​Stephen.
(10)-25. Rifkatu ​Amos
(11)-28. Ladi ​Wadai
(12)-31 Safiya ​Abdu .
(13)-29. Tabitha ​Hyelampa.
(14)-33 Solomi ​Titus .
(15)-38. Laraba ​John
(16)-39 Saratu ​Markus.
(17)-43 Hanatu ​Musa
(18)-44. Hauwa ​Tella
(19)-47.Saraya ​Paul.
(20)-48. Jummai ​Paul
(21)-51.Yanke ​Shittima.
(22)-53. Fatima ​Tabji.
(23)-55.Saratu ​Emmanuel.
(24)-57.Rahila ​Bitrus.
(25)-59. Kauna ​Lalai.
(26)-61.Laraba ​Maman.
(27)-62.Hauwa ​Isuwa.
(28)-64. Hauwa ​Abdu.
(29)-65. Hauwa ​Balti.
(30)-66.Yana ​Joshua.
(31)-67.Laraba ​Paul.
(32)-68.Saraya ​Amos.
(33)-71. Godiya ​Bitrus
(34)-72. Awa ​Bitrus.
(35)-81. Saraya ​Samuel.
(36)-83.Talata ​Daniel.
(37)-86. Salomi ​Pogu.
(38)-91. Maryamu Yakubu.
(39)-91. Zara ​Ishaku.
(40)-93. Maryamu Wavi
(41)-95. Laraba ​Yahonna.
(42)-97.Rahila ​Yahanna.
(43)-99. Ladi ​Paul.
(44)-109. Rifkatu Soloman.
(45)-110.Mairama yahaya.
(46)-111.Saratu ​Dauda.
(47)-112.Jinkai ​Yama.
(48)-114.Yana ​yidau
(49)-116. Amina ​Ali.
(50)-117. Palmata Musa
(51)-118. Awagana Musa
(52)-120.Yana ​Pogu.
(53)-121. Saraya ​Musa
(54)-122. Hauwa ​Joseph.
(55)-123. Hauwa ​kwakwi.
(56)-125. Hauwa ​Musa.
(57)-126. Maryamu Musa.
(58)-127. Maimuna Usman.
(59)-130. Rifkatu Yakubu.
(60)-133. Ladi ​Ibrahim.
(61)-134. Asabe ​Ali
(62)-135. Maryamu Bulama.
(63)-140. Saraya ​Yanga
(64)-141. Kauna ​Luka
(65)-143.Yana ​Bukar
(66)-144. Hauwa ​peter
(67)-145.Hadiza ​Yakubu.
(68)-151 Hanatu ​Nuhu
(69)-156. Rifkatu Galang
(70)-157. Saratu ​Ayuba.
(71)-159. Hauwa ​Ishaya
(72)-160. Rahap ​Ibrahim
(73)-163 Hauwa ​Mutah
(74)-164. Hauwa ​Takai.

Good analysis.
But Number 9, 13, 14, 37, 72 Hana (shortform Hannah), Tabitha, Salomi, Rahap (also Rahab) are all English Bible names, that reduces this list to 69.

Don't forget that some of the abducted girls were muslims too. Not all of them were christians. So, some of those girls you saw with Kanuri & shuwa arab names were most definitely not chibok indigenes.

Of course, you do not expect every girl in Chibok girls sec school. to be a chibok indigene or christian, just like not everyone in Chibok town or LGA would be indigenes or christians. So, at the end of the day, we will most likely arrive at almost same approximation.

Believe me, if it was like 30 years ago, the overwhelming majority, like 80% of these girls would have been answering these Hausa/arabic names. Even in the north central, it was the same. Infact, Southern kaduna, Niger and parts of Plateau christians answered more Hausanized/arabic names than those from the north-east. But unlike our north-eastern counterparts, most of us from the north central and Southern kaduna became more educated, exposed and perhaps intermixed more with Southerners, hence we heavily dropped these hausa/arabic names and are now switching to english/tribal names.
Infact, many of us change our names after leaving our villages to the city (although I do not support this). People answering Danladi changed their names to sunday.. ..Saratu to Sarah, Hauwa to Eve, Ibrahim to Abraham e. t. c

Nowenuse:
Good analysis.
But Number 9, 13, 14, 37, 72 Hana (shortform Hannah), Tabitha, Salomi, Rahap (also Rahab) are all English Bible names, that reduces this list to 69.

Don't forget that some of the abducted girls were muslims too. Not all of them were christians. So, some of those girls you saw with Kanuri & shuwa arab names were most definitely not chibok indigenes.

Of course, you do not expect every girl in Chibok girls sec school. to be a chibok indigene or christian, just like not everyone in Chibok town or LGA would be indigenes or christians. So, at the end of the day, we will most likely arrive at almost same approximation.

Believe me, if it was like 30 years ago, the overwhelming majority, like 80% of these girls would have been answering these Hausa/arabic names. Even in the north central, it was the same. Infact, Southern kaduna, Niger and parts of Plateau christians answered more Hausanized/arabic names than those from the north-east. But unlike our north-eastern counterparts, most of us from the north central and Southern kaduna became more educated, exposed and perhaps intermixed more with Southerners, hence we heavily dropped these hausa/arabic names and are now switching to english/tribal names.
Infact, many of us change our names after leaving our villages to the city (although I do not support this). People answering Danladi changed their names to sunday.. ..Saratu to Sarah, Hauwa to Eve, Ibrahim to Abraham e. t. c

I believe i prove my point. Thank you for bringing the 21 chibok names.

The girls are under 20 == Present generation.

Perhaps you haven't paid much attention to the publication in the link i posted. CAN distinguish the kidnapped girls based on faith. The 74 names i posted are from the christian names.

Hausa name for Rachael.
In the rural areas in the North, it is not uncommon for parents to name their children after some good neighbours or anyone that greatly impact on the lives of the parents.

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I think Rahila is just a hausa name.