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Not writing to mock anyone or tribe, of course any name given by your parents is beautiful and most of them have wonderful n divine meanings, but you must admit many of them are hilarious to hear especially by outsiders, I'm looking at nigerian native names and asking which tribe has the "most powerful" names(lol). I listed the ones I feel take it but u can contribute the ones you know.
The nominees are:

Edo - I remember one Ehingwawuanghuan Irebhosenobulua from primary school, one of my neighbors is Aigbhovuleghe Imonikheyeleh. I hail o

Urhobo/Isoko- Some of their names need strength to call, Chief Dr. Osonobrhuvwenyerhovwoh Akpogheneriomiehmieh, Zesus! Even some of their English names are funny, Survive Umuokoro, Highway
Utuama

Ijaw- I wonder how they write "Ebitamaraseiyeifah Akpotuboekilebitamarau" on an ID card, na wa, and like urhobo they use to have funny english names, Current Tamunoforiyeh, Market Akpoebi

Efik/Ibibio- the chinese of nigeria, the language as strong as their names, Eminiabasieniacot Ikotobongitoroabasi, it's enough to bleed your tongue but they call it with ease like saying ABC.

Like I said if you know any other tribe with stronger names(cuz I know the northern tribes have powerful names too) mention them with examples if possible



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ijaws most def followed by the tribes in cross river / akwa ibom

the ijaws answer the most funny english names i have heard of,names like fresh,opener,coincedence,road,etc

Zanku zanku

oboy all des names thick o, my ranking sha is
1. Ijaw 2. Urhobo 3. Edo 4. Efik

Op you 4get ogoni of port harcourt o, see ex-bbn star marvis nkpornwi, there's names like keniabarido nwinuamene, zina baridakara, des are easy ones sef, d long ones i can't spell, ogoni r the Chinese of the world sef, not only nigeria

even tsekiri n the tribes of northern crossriver ve dangerous names too

zinizta:
ijaws most def followed by the tribes in cross river / akwa ibom

After getting to know more about the language, I discovered that the languages in akwa/cross are not as hard as we think they are, it's cuz they rush wen speaking it dats why it seems hard, it's actually even easier to learn than edo

Lol. You type these kind of names into the computer and the next thing you see is "Error-404"

fero007:
After getting to know more about the language, I discovered that the languages in akwa/cross are not as hard as we think they are, it's cuz they rush wen speaking it dats why it seems hard, it's actually even easier to learn than edo

u nid to hear oron

fero007:
Not writing to mock anyone or tribe, of course any name given by your parents is beautiful and most of them have wonderful n divine meanings, but you must admit many of them are hilarious to hear especially by outsiders, I'm looking at nigerian native names and asking which tribe has the "most powerful" names(lol). I listed the ones I feel take it but u can contribute the ones you know.
The nominees are:

Edo - I remember one Ehingwawuanghuan Irebhosenobulua from primary school, one of my neighbors is Aigbhovuleghe Imonikheyeleh. I hail o

Urhobo/Isoko- Some of their names need strength to call, Chief Dr. Osonobrhuvwenyerhovwoh Akpogheneriomiehmieh, Zesus! Even some of their English names are funny, Survive Umuokoro, Highway
Utuama

Ijaw- I wonder how they write "Ebitamaraseiyeifah Akpotuboekilebitamarau" on an ID card, na wa, and like urhobo they use to have funny english names, Current Tamunoforiyeh, Market Akpoebi

Efik/Ibibio- the chinese of nigeria, the language as strong as their names, Eminiabasieniacot Ikotobongitoroabasi, it's enough to bleed your tongue but they call it with ease like saying ABC.

Like I said if you know any other tribe with stronger names(cuz I know the northern tribes have powerful names too) mention them with examples if possible



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Op ur fada... which tribe for Nigeria wey no get long name

go check Scotland, wales and Iceland names before you ask mumu questions like this...

[color=#c20d8c]Respect people's culture and language... [/color]

KingWarri:
Op ur fada... which tribe for Nigeria wey no get long name

go check Scotland, wales and Iceland names before you ask mumu questions like this...

[color=#c20d8c]Respect people's culture and language... [/color]

Me sef am urhobo n ive lived in warri so wida u na, I made d post for fun not to yab any culture, e yer

fero007:
Me sef am urhobo n ive lived in warri so wida u na, I made d post for fun not to yab any culture, e yer

Ah no yab you... I just no get your intentions b4...
sorry I mean no disrespect

fero007:
Me sef am urhobo n ive lived in warri so wida u na, I made d post for fun not to yab any culture, e yer

Futa (Jalon). Code.

They need to learn how to short their name like Yorubas

Yoruba - jesutosinloluwa shorten to Tosin

Likewise Osonobrhuvwenyerhovwoh can be shortened to Osono or Yerhov