All names

Ancestral custodian of the earth

Destiny, time

God of signs / God's sign

God does not forget

God of love

God owns / God possesses

God is the winner / Supreme

God is the controller / ruler

God's love (also used in ibibio)

God had said it

God loves you

God is the winner

God is capable / God can (also used in ibibio)

I will not forget God

God upholds me

God exists

God is good

God's gift / God gives (also used in ibibio)

God of glory

My enemies would have rejoiced over me (but God prevented it)

Prince / Respectful term for a father or elder

Born into wealth / Born rich

Born during a festival or celebration

Born in wealth / Born during a wealthy era

born into affluence

Short form of Abosede (born on eve of the week)

First-born daughter

first-born daughter of the eze

He who is first

daughter of wealth

her father

first daughter

Daughter of the people / Daughter of all

As beautiful/good as Ọ̀yọ́ town/people

The crown meets joy / Royalty came to meet joy

The crown gave birth to me complete

The crown has produced more / Born into royalty

The crown gave birth to this one

The crown meets wealth

The crown has returned home

the crown or royalty became joyful

becomes two

The crown is renewed / Royalty is refreshed

The crown ascends a height / Royalty rises

The crown collectively cares for this child

The crown fills the home / Royalty fills the family house

The crown is commended for his/her suffering to attain the honour

The crown triumphs over obstacles / Royal victory

Royalty is wealthy

The crown has reputation

The crown is mixed with wealth

He has done well

the crown is to be cared for or treasured

The royal family has a known ancestry; The king (or head) has a vision; or My lineage has royalty

The crown has honor / Royalty is prestigious

The crown has a foundation

the crown or royalty of prestige and wealth

Crown of chieftancy/royalty

The crown comforts me

The crown comforts one

The crown offers support. Royalty surrounds me

The crown has found something to cherish

crown

crown opens the way

The crown opens the way

The crown [as a symbol of nobility] is not unified, i.e. cannot be monopolized

One who arrives into wealth

The crown is worthy of joy

the crown or royalty from across the seas (ocean) / The crown returned from across the seas / Born abroad

The crown brought me wealth/joy

The crown is reborn / Royalty revives

the crown or royalty has come home

Royalty multiplies/is influential

The crown befits me / Worthy of the crown

the crown or royalty befits a child

The crown surrounds me / Royal honor encompasses me

Perfection / Righteous or properly aligned person

You came for good

You came with love

Hausa historical given name / Variant of Adrian or Adolphus

One who is sweet/pleasant to cherish

One who survives trials

Female born on Friday

born in wealth and high status

One who struts with wealth

The renowned one consoles (me)

Circle or fold of wealth/honor

Lion / Leopard (symbolizing strength)

Child born with the umbilical cord wrapped around the neck

Kanuri form of Aisha; living / prosperous

a child born face upwards

one who wakes up to meet royalty

Born to wake up into wealth/honor

One who arrives early

The first born / Conspicuous position

more that wisdom

One that is special to have

Women / Multitude of women

Wealthy or prominent women

God's own

Heaven (God) has saved me

Choices / Selection

The brave one, warrior, valor, valiant one, the hero

The valiant one arrives/returns

The valiant one arrives

Valor has arrived home

Valor walks with wealth

With or among valor

The valiant one didn

Bravery or strength has returned

bravery attracts me

valor is worthy of the house

Good fortune has arrived / Blessing has come

Firstborn son

The first son of God

The true word

Truth / True word

A traditional musical instrument

Child born after twins

The crowned one / Royal child

Royalty befits me

Voice of the community

to be exalted high

One who loves God

Good town / Prosperity of the community

Who knows tomorrow?

beautiful

nze

Dignitary or elder of the town

Grace / Mercy / Kindness

God

Born on a market day or unique child

mine (also used in ibibio)

Son of Amina (Matronymic naming tradition)

i am

Who knows the mind of another?

Good sibling / Beautiful relative

He has made me rejoice

He has done well

A generous giver

Look at this / Behold a wonder

He who upifts

He who rules

He who chooses

He has blessed me

God loves / Loved by God

Many, plurality, abundance

A sweet thing to own

Who resembles God?

Who knows?

Who can conquer? / Who wins?

Who can defeat God?

Who is capable? / Who can?

To whom should I give?

Who is like?

Who is like God?

We are enjoying the wealth/blessings of the Lord

We walk together

We are now settled or well positioned

The mercy of God is plenty

Eye that sees

God / The Supreme Creator

God has protected / shielded me

God is good

God knows

God is above all

God surpasses all / God is above all

God protects

God is sufficient / enough

God has accepted / agreed

God gave / Gift from God

God of the heavens / God above

God has added to us

God the Father

God has ended the war/dispute

God has helped

God hears

Cloud / Gathering storm

My company, kin, or relative, has arrived

Elder of the house (anglicized from Efik/Ibibio roots)

Born into the center of wealth

thanks to

thanks to God

An expression of triumph / Victory dance

Child born on Saturday

Praise / Thanksgiving

Belonging to the morning / Born at dawn

Born on the market day of Suquo

Real God / True God

True love / Real love

Real love of God

Deity / Great ancestral foundation

one born to shine

Female born during a significant event or festival

Taken care of from the womb / Cherished

Son of Audu (Abubakar)

Beautiful daughter / Good child

Farms / Plentiful harvests

Kanuri form of Eve; life-giving

Our own / Belongs to the family

Plan / Purpose / Thought

Stones / Solid foundation

The drummer mingled with royalty

Days / Time

The days have shown me favor

God / Divine

Gift from God

God has done it / Manifestation

God did good

God's love

God's desire or God's love

Joy

Joy meets me / I am blessed with joy

Joy has doubled / Second joy

joy arrived home

one who causes joy

Joy fills the house

My joy has arrived

My joy is full

The joy of wealth

Joy walks in

Joy surrounds me

the one who comes from the great forest

the past is my strength

The past, or history or experience is paramount or learning from the past has far much value

Father / Named after a paternal grandfather

Father is renewed

Father loves me

Father has risen again / Grandfather reincarnated

Father is wealth

Born to a father of stature

Father tempted me to come back

father returns

Nothing / There is none like this child

Bull / Symbol of strength and resilience

Son of Abubakar

A male child who was born after arrival of visitors in a household

Second born or child born during an occasion

Our path / Our way

Son of the prophet, descendant of the prophet

White / Pure-hearted

Respected mother / Grandmother

Follow me home

Help me receive honour

Help / Aid / A blessing to the family

Our help / Our supporter

Build me a house

Abundance

Scholar / Teacher / Wise guide

Joy / Happiness

Derived from Abasi (God)

Brilliant or follower

Peace

Peace is good

Seek God first

A good hand / Helpful hand

use to remember

wait and see

Short form of Abimbola (born rich)

Short form of Olabimpe (wealth is complete)

daughter

Daughter of the family / Variant of Bint

Short form of Abiodun (born during festival)

Born into wealth

Village head / Community leader

Short form of Olabode (wealth returns)

Wake up with wealth/honor

One who sits with wealth

Finds wealth at home

Praise / Blessing

Blessed / Praised

Born on Sunday (borrowed/adapted)

Receive good things

Peace

Short form of Onyebuchi (God's will)

Born in the dust / Humility

Kanuri form of Abubakar; noble companion

added wealth

Town / Stability / Pillar of the community

Owner of the land / Custodian of the town

Child of the town / Citizen

Gift of the earth / Abundance

Old man / Wise elder reincarnated

God is beautiful

God is king

God is strength

God leads the way

once God has written

God exists / Short form of Chidiebere

God is good / God is excellent

God is good

God bless / May God bless

God holds my share

God is supreme

Power of God / God's strength

God knows / Short form of Chimamanda

Guardian / Watchman of the lineage

My God will never fall

God knows the heart

May God repair/make it good for me

God answers prayers

God leads / God guides

God guides me / God is leading me

God thinks for me / The thoughts of God

God is near

God is with me

God owns

God gave / Given by God

God gave / God's gift

Good God / Good luck

God is with me / God accompanies me

Short for Chubado (God is my shield/refuge)

the great god

God lives

God is great / God is mighty

God has done awesome things / God is kind

God is great

God knows

God created the journey of life

Short form of Chukwuma (God knows)

Praise / Worship / Honor

Worship the Father / Honor the Lord

Curly hair / Unique physical feature

Stand firm or joy of the family

Lion / Courageous leader

God has rewarded me / Justified me with wealth

Surprise me / Astonish me

God blesses me with wealth / Hold onto wealth

Use me to remember

Courtyard / Born in the open courtyard

born on a Friday

Male child born on Sunday

Male child born on Thursday

Short form of Oladapo (wealth mixes together)

Rejoice

One who has achieved personal goodness along with wealth

Do good for me

Rejoice with me

Remember God's goodness

Father's woman / Named after father's lineage

Waiting on father / Father's patience

The father's thought cannot be known fully

Stand with God

Stand with me

Short form of Adedayo / Oladayo (joy arrives)

Bed / Stability / Foundation of the home

Traditional family reference name

Shortened form indicating lineage structure

Gift or favor from God

Sustained / Long-lived

Look closely before action / Discerning

Kanuri form of Khadija; trustworthy

come and see love

tall, long or high (also used in kanuri)

Wealth comes together / Wealth is pooled

Scholar / One who reads extensively

Beautiful / Loved one

She is beautiful / Goodness

Love / Heart's desire

Thank you / Appreciation

Hold onto the sacred Òsùn staff

Short form of Adedotun (crown is refreshed)

God is my strength

Guide me / May God lead me

live and prosper

live and rule

Powerful one / Ruler of great strength

I give thanks

Short form of Durojaiye (wait and enjoy life)

Wait/endure to enjoy life

Wait/endure for wealth

Stay to bury me

Wait to uphold royalty

Live and be fruitful

Live and shine

Mercy

mercy

the mercy of God

Good / Goodness

Good life / Good world

There is no end to goodness / Goodness has no limit

Desiring good / Wishing well

Beautiful woman / Good woman

The joy of a good woman

The one who brings goodness

Take the good path

Good person

Do good

The good speaker / Eloquent advocate

Good man / Handsome man

Good love / Blessed affection

Live well / Good life

Good house / Prosperous home

Good birth / Blessed child

Short for Chukwuebuka (God is great)

God

Last born male child / Born in the back (also used in ibibio)

Born on the market day of Edet

Blessing (also used in ibibio)

God's ultimate blessing

victory

belove

Uplifting

Covenant

Remembrance

Character is love

Bountiful

Wealth

God's wealth

Strength of the family / Pillar

The Ijaw god of justice and defense

The peer group has entered into the house

do we prevail in life by strength?

Mother of God / Divine feminine source

Father's mother / Paternal grandmother reincarnation

diety of wealth (wealth, sustenance)

Deity of wealth and sustenance

Born on Eke (one of the four market days)

The due season / Appropriate time

God's perfect timing

God is my sufficient portion

thanks be to God

Gratitude / Thanks

Thanks and joy

Thank God

Leopard (also used in ibibio)

The powerful deity (associated with the Ekpe cult) (also used in ibibio)

Spirit / Ancestral being (also used in ibibio)

Weeping has become joy

one says, one does

The future / Tomorrow

Chosen

Short for Chukwuemeka (God has done great things)

Peace (also used in ibibio)

The peace of God

Not by force or power

My own

I am blessed

Mother (Idoma) or Friday-born

Stay for the day

Mother's house / Mother's kinship

Answered prayer

A person of joy

a wealthy person or an influential person

Gift (also used in ibibio)

A gift of grace

Gift of God

free gift

Promise of God

his father

A good deed / Justice is done

Good hands / Successful work

A witness of God's love

Witness / Testimony

Grateful heart

Free gift / Gift of satisfaction

Father / Elder

King / Lord / Chief

Father's pride / Father's child (also used in oron)

Good love

Born on the market day of Etim

Fame / Good report

Beauty of the Lord.

promise

this (child) is enough joy

Sun / Sunlight

Wealth and prominence (scholarly context)

King of children or a royal child

Good mother

Good news / Good message

Ifá repaid

Born on a Friday morning

Ifá gathered honour

Kanuri variant of Fatima; pure/chaste

Son of Fana

We found her / Long-awaited daughter

Gain / Profit / Blessing

Born during a period of celebration

Hostess / Comforting presence

Shortened, intimate form of Fatima

Captivating / Pure (Highly revered in Kanuri culture)

Variant of Fatima used across Borno

Born in the family house

love me

Daughter of the house

Use this to celebrate joy

speak about the goodness of God

Add to my joy / God adds to my joy

Honor or wealth

Cherished with wealth / Taken care of with wealth

use wealth to pamper me

walk with wealth

Honor / Wealth creates a crown

(One who) struts with nobility/dignity

Wealth fits me / Wealth honors me

under God

Placed under God's protection

Placed in God's hands or care

Placed under God's protection / care

Open up / Blossom

Give me to be multiplied (in honour)

Give me joy.

God has given me to watch over

One whose character endures for a long time

The last born child of the family

Son of the last born / Small one

Last born daughter

Title of high nobility / Governor

A boy born after twins

Small / Junior / Named after a younger uncle/aunt

A gigantic handsome man just like the Amila (Amila is an historic Lagos king

Traditional drum / Celebration

Master of the Quran / Expert reciter

Brave warrior / Red skin/fair complexion

Rainmaker / Bringer of rain

Queen / First wife of the Shehu (King)

Migrant / Fortitude (Kanuri form of Hagar)

Child of Eve / Humanity

The winner / The best choice

Knows the most / Supreme wisdom

Handsome / Good-natured (twin name)

Good family / Blessed womb

One that family jointly pampers

Birth Fills the House

Good heaven / Heavenly favor

God is good

Good thing / Precious possession

(good) birth

Answer

The answer of God

Answered prayers

My father did good

Joy / Rejoicing

Joy of God

The joy of creation

The sign of God

Comfort / Consolation (also used in ibibio)

The choice of the people / Beloved by many

Hope

child born after a set of twins

Assembly / Gathering of elders

Senate / Council

(My) love has turned to joy

good thing

nothing can be compared to a child

wisdom

love

Mother's kinsmen are praised

Iron / Strong path / Moderness

A major ancestral branch / Clan name

something wonderful

good face

good journey

God

the strength of the father

Thought / Memory / Remembrance

Mindful / Deep thinker

Secret Judgment or The last

Bird / Freedom

Maize / Corn (born during harvest)

Traditional wooden communication instrument

Love

Love of God

Love is good

Love of God

Patience / Endurance

we have conquered

Wealth / Riches (also used in ibibio)

Stay with me

Sacred ceremonial wooden drum

Happiness / Sweetness of the heart (also used in ibibio)

Time

A sacred bird / Symbol of eloquence

God's time

Time of glory

The time of God's glory

My own / Property

Courage / Brave heart

Shade / Protection / Comfort

Ocean / Great river (also used in ibibio)

The great ocean

People of the morning

People of wealth

People speak / The voice of the community

The people have accepted / agreed

People are tested / tried

The public/people have agreed

People of value / Prominent ones

People praise / Highly regarded

Hope

God is salvation (Kanuri form of Jesus)

Son of Isa

Beniseed / Born during sesame harvest

good luck

Third child

Praise (often given after answered prayers) (also used in ibibio)

Praise God

Praise of men

Blessing / Favor

Stone / Hardship survived

God

Thanksgiving / Gratitude

Mother has returned

the act of

riches

The prestige of wealth

Ijaw woman

Ijaw person

Born during the early morning hours

fair-coloured, light

Faith / Truth / Trustworthiness

Faith of the heart / True trust

Friday

Named after a grandparent

Grandchild / Reincarnation of an ancestor

Gift from the grandparents

Small / Little (often used for a junior or namesake)

Contentment / Peace of mind

Kanuri form of Kulthum; lady with a lovely face

Born during a gathering or community assembly

Perfect / Complete

Praise God

Man of the Kanembu/Kanuri heritage

What is it? / Inquiry

Sweetness has brought honour / The cherished one by wealth

Rule

reign over many

Women are gathered

Divider / Just distributor

The Father's favorite / Beloved child

brother of one

"the world has given me" or "the world has given me this."

Brings lots of happiness with him/her

Spear / Protector of the household

Loved / Cherished by all

Wait for the Father / Divine patience

the second-born of the twins

Go and conquer

thank God

Freshness / Youthful beauty

Nothing compares to a human being / People are greater than wealth

I am rejoicing

thank God

think of good

Heart's choice / Decision

Shield / Protector in times of war

In love

Bring lots of honors

Born on a Tuesday / Hidden jewel

Born on a Tuesday

Listen and give / Hear advice

Ancestral lineage branch

The power or strength of the father

Do not condemn God

Great / Senior lady

Bird / Free spirit / Joyful soul

Do not forget

Do not forget God

Do not forget goodness

Ancestral division / Daughter of Ipusu

Do not discourage / Do not lose hope

Do not hate me

Do not leave God

Senior / Elder / Great one

Leadership / One who heads an organization

Strong / Power

Make me strong

Do not reject God

proser

Don't doubt God

Something bad has turned to good / Trouble resolved

Something good / A beautiful thing

Wisdom / Knowledge

Nothing beats this / Superior event

How are you? / A living testimony

A journey / Born during travels

Elder / Respected old man

Muezzin / One who calls people to prayer

Wealth and Prosperity becomes plenty

Kanuri form of Al-Amin; trustworthy

Wealth is advancing

Heart's comfort / Peace of mind

Son of the chief

Chief / District head

Sweetness / Delight

Joy / Celebration

remember father

Comfort / Solace

i rejoice

Mother is good / Precious mother

Highly praised / Variant of Muhammad

King / Ruler / Sovereign lord

Prince / Child born to royalty

Princess / Royal daughter

Prince / Heir to the throne

Princess / Noblewoman

Daughter of royalty

Noble character / Excellent one

He brought valor

Wealthy man / Possessor of assets

Teacher / Islamic scholar

Son of a teacher / Academic lineage

Variant spelling of Malam

Purity / Noble lady

Kanuri form of Mary; beloved / bitter sea

Ancestral lineage / Children of Ichongoa

Refers to a sacred sign or destiny marker

The wise ones / Council of knowledge

Derived from master/white man (now a contemporary surname)

may the nation/community remember

The fathers are present / Lineage lives on

The spiritually powerful / Resisting witchcraft

Faith

A narrative name of triumph (scholarly records)

i have conquered

Kanuri variant of Umar / Umara