NAMES & MEANING OF ISOKO ETHNIC NATIONALITY
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By Oyagiri Chime-emele
What’s in a name (?), you may ask, but to Africans, there’s so much in a name.
Names sometimes, reveal circumstance of birth, it points to family background of the bearer, it reveals one’s ethnic origin amongst others.
Our names are unique, beautiful, meaningful and significant.
This edition will showcase names from Isoko Ethnic Nationality of Delta State, Nigeria.
Happy reading:
- Ajiroghene – Let’s praise God
- Efena – This is wealth
- Ejiroghene – Praise God
- Eloghene – Light of God
- Ewoma – Goodness
- Ogagaoghene – God’s power
- Oghala – Blessing
- Oghenemaro – God is the greatest
- Oghenerukevwe – God has done well for me
- Oghenekome – God has given me
- Oghenefegor – God is good to serve
- Oghenovo – God only
- Okeoghene – God’s gift
- Okemena – This is my gift
- Oghogho – Joy
- Omonigho – Child is greater than money
- Onome – My own
- Onoriode – Who knows tomorrow
- Orevba-Oghene – God’s will
- Ovie – King
- Ovuigweyen – Everyone has his/her destiny
- Ufuoma – Peace
- Uzemeh-efe – Truth is wealth
- Uzezi – Good head
