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Given names of Nigerian origin (2 C, 43 P) H. Hausa names (2 C, 13 P) I. Igbo names (3 C, 55 P) S. Surnames of Nigerian origin (207 P) Y. Yoruba names (1 C, 79 P)
This category is for masculine given names from Nigeria (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). Pages in category "Nigerian masculine given names" The following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total.
Nigerian masculine given names (91 P) Pages in category "Given names of Nigerian origin" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
African feminine given names (2 C, 23 P) H. Hausa given names (29 P) I. Igbo given names (81 P) M. African masculine given names (4 C, 76 P) Moroccan given names (1 C) S.
South African masculine given names (1 C, 20 P) Y. Yoruba masculine given names (5 P) Pages in category "African masculine given names"
Igbo names are traditionally and historically constructed. In this convention there are no family names, instead one is known through their immediate male lineage. In the olden days, Igbos – men and women – were named after the four market days (eke, orie, afor, and nkwo) in Igboland.
Adé audio ⓘ (/ ə ˈ d i / or / ɑː ˈ d eɪ /) is a popular Nigerian given name or nickname, which means "crown" or "royalty" in the Yorùbá language. [1] Often times, the name ‘Ade’ is associated with someone from a royal family or someone from a royal lineage.
Ekei Essien Oku – first Nigerian woman chief librarian; Gbenga Sesan – Nigeria's first Information Technology Youth Ambassador; Bamidele Solomon – Chemical engineer prominent in Nigeria's biotechnology industry; Rhoda Gumus-Professor of Chemical Engineering and National Electoral Commissioner of INEC