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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.
Given names of Nigerian origin (2 C, 42 P) H. Hausa names (2 C, 13 P) I. Igbo names (3 C, 54 P) S. Surnames of Nigerian origin (210 P) Y. Yoruba names (1 C, 76 P)
Nigerian feminine given names (30 P) M. Nigerian masculine given names (91 P) Pages in category "Given names of Nigerian origin" The following 43 pages are in this ...
Koko-ete - This is given to a male child who bears the same name with the father. Koko-eka/Koko-mma - This is given to a female child who bears the same name with her mother. Koko-nne - This is given to a female child who bears her grandmother's name. [3] Other nicknames which reflect endearment and respect in the family include:
South African given names (3 C, 28 P) T. Tunisian given names (1 C) Y. Yoruba given names (1 C, 234 P) Pages in category "African given names"
Alex Asogwa; Liz Da-Silva; Genevieve Nnaji; Omotola Jalade Ekeinde; Sola Sobowale; Funke Akindele; Joke Silva; Rita Dominic; Mercy Johnson; Kate Henshaw; Ini Edo
Unlike the Western binary construct of male/men and female/women, such distinctions did not exist in Yorùbá societies. [7] Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí, in "The Invention of Women: Making African Sense of Western Gender Discourse," [8] delves into pre-colonial Yorùbá practices and explores the erasure's modern implications.
The Oluwa prefix name is of African origin. It is the Yoruba word for Lord, but in this context used to refer to God. [1] It is a prefix and used with other relevant words/name. It is mostly used in some Yoruba first names and in fewer Yoruba Surnames/ last names. Examples are :