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
- AbigailHer father's joy
- AdaFirst daughter
- AdaezeDaughter of a king
- AdannaHer father's daughter
- AdaobiDaughter of the house
- AdaugoDaughter of an eagle
- AkachiGod's hand
- AmaraGrace
- AmarachiGod's grace
- AngelaMessenger
- BlessingA blessing
- BuchiShort for Onyebuchi: who is God?
- CalebWhole-hearted
- 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
- 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
- ChinonsoGod is near
- ChinweGod owns it
- ChinwenduGod owns life
- ChinyereGod gave
- ChizobaGod protect us
- ChristianA follower of Christ
- ChristianaA follower of Christ
- ChukwudiGod exists
- ChukwuebukaGod is great
- ChukwuemekaGod has done well
- ChukwukaGod is greater
- ChukwumaGod knows
- CynthiaFrom the mountain
- DanielGod is my judge
- DavidBeloved
- DeborahBee
- DonatusGiven by God
- EbereMercy
- EbukaIt is great
- EkeneThanks
- ElizabethGod is my oath
- EmekaHe has done well
- EmmanuelGod is with us
- EstherStar
- ExcelOne who will excel
- EzekielGod strengthens
- FavourGod's favour
- FlorenceFlourishing
- GabrielGod is my strength
- GiftA gift
- GloriaGlory
- GodwinFriend of God
- GoodnessGod's goodness
- GraceGod's grace
- HannahGrace
- IfeanyiNothing is beyond God
- IfeomaA good thing
- IfunanyaLove
- IjeomaA safe journey
- IkechukwuGod's strength
- IkennaHer father's strength
- IsaacLaughter
- JamesOne who follows
- JessicaOne who beholds
- JohnGod is gracious
- JohnsonSon of John
- JosephGod will add
- JoshuaThe Lord is salvation
- JulietYouthful
- KambiliLet me live
- KamsiAs I have asked
- KamsiyochukwuAs I have asked God
- KelechiThank God
- KingsleyFrom the king's meadow
- LindaPretty
- LyndaPretty
- MaryBeloved
- MichaelWho is like God?
- MiracleA miracle
- MunachiI am with God
- MunachimsoI am with my God
- NathanHe gave
- 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 / inner mind / Obi (given name)
- 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
- PaulSmall
- PeterRock
- PreciousPrecious one
- PrinceA prince
- PrincessA princess
- PromiseA promise kept
- QueenA queen
- RebeccaOne who binds
- RitaA pearl
- RuthCompanion
- SamuelGod has heard
- SarahPrincess
- SolomonPeaceful
- SomtochukwuJoin me to praise God
- StellaStar
- SundayBorn on a Sunday
- TestimonyA testimony
- TochukwuPraise God
- TreasureA treasure
- UchechiGod's will
- UdoPeace
- UgochiGod's glory
- UgochukwuGod's glory
- UgonnaHer father's glory
- UzomaA good road
- VictorWinner
- VivianFull of life
- 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.