Igbo names
Igbo names are prayers spoken aloud every time they're used, a name like Chidiebere (God is merciful) or Chukwuemeka (God has done well) carries a full sentence of faith and gratitude. Names are traditionally given at an iza aha ceremony on the eighth day of life, often reflecting the exact circumstances of the birth.
Ada first, eldest daughter
Adaeze eldest daughter of a king
Adanna daughter of her father
Adaora daughter of all, the daughter the whole town claims
Adaugo first daughter of the eagle, a daughter who brings honor
Amaechi who knows tomorrow?
Amara grace
Amarachi God's grace
Chiamaka God is beautiful
Chibuzo God leads the way
Chidera God has written (it)
Chidi God exists (short for names beginning with Chidi)
Chidiebere God is merciful
Chidinma God is good (variant of Chidimma)
Chidubem God is leading me
Chiedozie God has put things right for me
Chika God is greatest
Chimamanda my God will not fail (a modern name the novelist Adichie coined for herself)
Chinaza God answers prayers
Chinedu God leads
Chinelo God is thinking (of me)
Chinonso God is near
Chinwe life belongs to God
Chinyere God gave
Chizara God answered (prayers)
Chukwudalu thanks be to God
Chukwudi God exists
Chukwuebuka God is great, God is immense
Chukwuemeka God has done a great deed
Chukwuka God is supreme, God is the greatest
Chukwuma God knows (best)
Ejike one who has strength
Ekene thanks, gratitude
Ekwueme one who does what he says
Emeka short form of Chukwuemeka and similar names
Ifeanyi nothing is impossible with God (short of Ifeanyichukwu)
Ifeoma good thing
Ifeyinwa nothing compares to a child
Ikechukwu God's power, God's strength
Ikenna father's power, father's strength
Kamsi just as I asked God (short of Kamsiyochukwu)
Kelechi thank God
Kenechukwu thank God, praise God
Kosisochukwu as it pleases God
Munachimso me and my God, walking with the Lord
Ndidi patience
Ngozi blessing
Nkechi this which God gave (short form of Nkechinyere)
Nkem may what is mine remain mine (short of Nkemakonam)
Nkiruka what is ahead is greater
Nnamdi my father is alive
Nneka mother is supreme
Nonso short form of Chinonso, God is near
Nwakaego a child is greater than wealth
Obiageli born to enjoy wealth
Obinna father's heart
Obiora heart of the people
Ogechi God's time
Olisa God, the Lord who carries the world
Onyeka who is greater than God?
Onyinye gift
Ozioma good news
Somtochukwu praise God with me
Uche wisdom, thought, mind
Uchechi God's will, God's thought
Uchenna the father's wisdom, the father's will
Zikora show the world
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