Aha · NamesNames and what they mean
Names you’ll hear in Igbo families, said aloud by a native speaker. Most are whole sentences: Chinelo is “God thinks”, Nneka is “mother is supreme”.
Every name, A to Z
- AdaFirst daughter
- AdaezeDaughter of a king
- AdannaHer father's daughter
- AdaobiDaughter of the house
- AdaugoDaughter of an eagle
- AkachiGod's hand
- AmakaShe is beautiful
- AmaraGrace
- AmarachiGod's grace
- BuchiShort for Onyebuchi: who is God?
- ChiagozieMay God bless
- ChiamakaGod is beautiful
- ChibuzoGod is the way
- ChideraWhat God has written
- ChidiGod exists
- ChidiebereGod is merciful
- ChidinmaGod is good
- ChidubemGod guide me
- ChiedozieGod has put it right
- ChikaGod is greater
- ChimamandaMy God will not fail me
- ChimdiebubeMy God is full of glory
- ChimezieMay God set it right
- ChimkarisiMy God is the greatest
- ChinazaGod answers
- ChinecheremGod thinks of me
- ChineduGod leads
- ChinonsoGod is near
- ChinweGod owns it
- ChinwenduGod owns life
- ChinyereGod gave
- ChizobaGod protect us
- ChukwudiGod exists
- ChukwuebukaGod is great
- ChukwuemekaGod has done well
- ChukwukaGod is greater
- ChukwumaGod knows
- EbereMercy
- EbukaIt is great
- EkeneThanks
- EmekaHe has done well
- IfeanyiNothing is beyond God
- IfeomaA good thing
- IfunanyaLove
- IjeomaA safe journey
- IkechukwuGod's strength
- IkennaHer father's strength
- KambiliLet me live
- KamsiAs I have asked
- KamsiyochukwuAs I have asked God
- KelechiThank God
- MunachiI am with God
- MunachimsoI am with my God
- NgoziBlessing
- NkechiThe one God gave
- NkiruWhat is ahead is greater
- NkirukaThe best is still ahead
- NnamdiMy father is alive
- NnekaA mother is supreme
- NnennaHer father's mother
- NneomaGood mother
- NwabuezeA child is a king
- NwachukwuChild of God
- ObiHeart
- ObiageliOne who came to enjoy
- ObinnaHer father's heart
- ObioraThe heart of the people
- OgechiGod's time
- OkaforA man born on Afo day
- OkekeA man born on Eke day
- OkonkwoA man born on Nkwo day
- OkoyeA man born on Orie day
- OluchiGod's work
- OnyebuchiWho is God?
- OnyekaWho is greater?
- OnyekachiWho is greater than God?
- OnyinyeA gift
- OziomaGood news
- SomtochukwuJoin me to praise God
- TochukwuPraise God
- UchechiGod's will
- UdoPeace
- UgochiGod's glory
- UgochukwuGod's glory
- UgonnaHer father's glory
- UzomaA good road
- ZinaShort for Zinachi: show that my God lives
Hear your own name said properly
Asụsụ Ọma teaches you to introduce yourself in Igbo, with your own name in the sentence. It is free.