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Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by fergie001: 11:50am On Jan 23, 2018
ouzo1:
What about Kingsley??
Wetin do the name?
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by 912(m): 11:51am On Jan 23, 2018
Miracle
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by ogorwyne(f): 11:53am On Jan 23, 2018
MissWrite:
grin grin grin. This is Ikwere.

Hearose
Fineday
Fineface
Bonyface
Godspower
Fortunate
Peculiar
Butoneday
Ikwerre people can mix names for Africa. The names of some of my students back when I was serving ehn! lipsrsealed
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by Anoti1(m): 12:01pm On Jan 23, 2018
Bruno
Polycarp
Polynus
Linus
Boniface
Livinus
ThankGod

Some even name their kids in pidgin, like; Goddey

Others choose positional names like;

Festus
Secondus
Thaddeus.
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by MissWrite(f): 12:08pm On Jan 23, 2018
ogorwyne:
Ikwerre people can mix names for Africa. The names of some of my students back when I was serving ehn! lipsrsealed
Lol! grin grin grin. True. Some of those names are so weird.
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by Customer80: 12:14pm On Jan 23, 2018
Married newly and have told my wife no English name to all our children, all of them will bear Igbo name, Somtoochukwu, Ezinwa, Osinachi etc
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by onyeezeigbo(op): 12:25pm On Jan 23, 2018
ruggedtimi:
Ijaw english names na weak me pass
Government Boyloaf Millionaire Heineken Manager Diver Nigeria Week.
haha funny
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by UfuomaUN(m): 12:41pm On Jan 23, 2018
MissWrite:
grin grin grin. This is Ikwere.

Hearose
Fineday
Fineface
Bonyface
Godspower
Fortunate
Peculiar
Butoneday
You left out: Pepple, Horsefall, Churchill...
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by Twizzy30(m): 1:02pm On Jan 23, 2018
lol bruh I've seen determination endurance praise God Thursday Tuesday Saturday grin
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by goodheart02(m): 1:39pm On Jan 23, 2018
Durhleepee:
grin


Endurance
ThankGod
Faithful
That one na Calabar names.....But that Juventus got me laughing
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by CreamyBanana(m): 1:44pm On Jan 23, 2018
God's time
Precious
Innocent
Electric
God's power
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by Oddy008(m): 1:47pm On Jan 23, 2018
And my girl friend's name is "New life" grin
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by Mofe72: 2:54pm On Jan 23, 2018
onyeezeigbo:
hello nairalanders and my fellow igbo family, this thread is about the choice of English names igbos choose to give their children which needs to stop.
to me these names sounds funny and I see no reason to give that to your children.

names like ;
Magnus
donatus
Linus
Festus
longinus
juventus
Titus
callistus
Latin/Catholic names
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by MissWrite(f): 3:40pm On Jan 23, 2018
UfuomaUN:
You left out: Pepple, Horsefall, Churchill...
cheesy yeah, PH boy. wink
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by migeoart(f): 3:42pm On Jan 23, 2018
chukxie:
Hahaha! I have this friend called Scholar. What a name!
full name is scholastica grin
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by Nobody: 3:59pm On Jan 23, 2018
Anoti1:
Bruno
Polycarp
Polynus
Linus
Boniface
Livinus
ThankGod

Some even name their kids in pidgin, like; Goddey

Others choose positional names like;

Festus
Secondus
Thaddeus.
Foetus
Sixtus
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by Nobody: 4:15pm On Jan 23, 2018
onyeezeigbo:
hello nairalanders and my fellow igbo family, this thread is about the choice of English names igbos choose to give their children which needs to stop.
to me these names sounds funny and I see no reason to give that to your children.

names like ;
Magnus
donatus
Linus
Festus
longinus
juventus
Titus
callistus
Those names are for Roman Catholic people.They want to be more roman than the pope.

Anna Maria magherita
Uche Secondus
Mark Anthony Remigius
John Paul Paulinus
Stella Jane Paulina.

Other faiths don’t answer such names

Anglicans will go for the names below...na dem sabi bible pass.

Jeremiah
Hezekaia
Onesimus
Philemon
Isaiah


Pentecostals like RCCG, Winners will answer...

Prosper
Success
Miracle
Favour
Blessing
Progress
Prosperity

They want to hammer and swim in the ocean of riches and wealth.
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by Follygunners: 4:32pm On Jan 23, 2018
Sincerely, I think most folks are ashamed of their tribe and culture. They rarely go with their indigenous names like the Yorubas and Hausas. Sad. undecided
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by achael(m): 4:50pm On Jan 23, 2018
Marcellinus
onyeezeigbo:
hello nairalanders and my fellow igbo family, this thread is about the choice of English names igbos choose to give their children which needs to stop.
to me these names sounds funny and I see no reason to give that to your children.

names like ;
Magnus
donatus
Linus
Festus
longinus
juventus
Titus
callistus
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by Petonis(m): 4:50pm On Jan 23, 2018
ruggedtimi:
Ijaw english names na weak me pass
Government Boyloaf Millionaire Heineken Manager Diver Nigeria Week.
sweety lampard
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by Petonis(m): 4:51pm On Jan 23, 2018
ruggedtimi:
Ijaw english names na weak me pass
Government Boyloaf Millionaire Heineken Manager Diver Nigeria Week.
sweety lampard halleluyah
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by Nobody: 5:03pm On Jan 23, 2018
Durhleepee:
grin

Endurance ThankGod Faithful
So there is this girl in my hostel, her name is Obedience cheesycheesy.
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by jaszplus12(m): 6:14pm On Jan 23, 2018
Longinus cyracus Ignatius sixtus
Cletus Cornelius Hyginus... dem still plenty...when I chop finish I'll remember more!
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by oyatz(m): 6:28pm On Jan 23, 2018
Yes, you are right, let igbos drop such names and start bearing beautiful names like

Sikiru
Kamorudeen
Medinat
Monsuru
Shaki
Ajara
Buraimoh
Soara
Ramota
Kudiratu
Najimu





onyeezeigbo:
hello nairalanders and my fellow igbo family, this thread is about the choice of English names igbos choose to give their children which needs to stop.
to me these names sounds funny and I see no reason to give that to your children.

names like ;
Magnus
donatus
Linus
Festus
longinus
juventus
Titus
callistus
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by emezuo17: 6:37pm On Jan 23, 2018
Thank God I gave all my children deep igbo names with good meanings, don't answer any foreign names, my children won't also
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by tartar9(m): 7:00pm On Jan 23, 2018
Still better to me than the most horrible name ever: Ekaete sad
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by peddy231(m): 7:21pm On Jan 23, 2018
tartar9:
Still better to me than the most horrible name ever: Ekaete sad
lol grin
tartar9:
Still better to me than the most horrible name ever: Ekaete sad
lol
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by 247NewsUpdateNG: 7:41pm On Jan 23, 2018
If foreigners can name their kids Chicago, North, Evil, Drinkwater, Titanium, then we too have the right to give names like Paulinus, Longinus, Magnus, Buhari and Obasanjo.
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by Chukazu: 9:27pm On Jan 23, 2018
IamLEGEND1:
Don't forget

Powerful
Godknows
Godspraise
Loveday
Bekind
Wonderful.
No.this one is mostly Niger Deltans wink
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by Chukazu: 9:29pm On Jan 23, 2018
The names don't sound good to us but they are great Latin era names
Re: Igbos Should Stop Giving Their Children These English Names. by Chukazu: 9:33pm On Jan 23, 2018
migeoart:
full name is scholastica grin
Your name too is funny undecided
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