Family & Ancestry

Ancestral custodian of the earth

Prince / Respectful term for a father or elder

first-born daughter of the eze

daughter of wealth

her father

Daughter of the people / Daughter of all

The crown has returned home

The crown fills the home / Royalty fills the family house

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

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

Bravery or strength has returned

The first son of God

Dignitary or elder of the town

Son of Amina (Matronymic naming tradition)

God the Father

My company, kin, or relative, has arrived

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

Deity / Great ancestral foundation

Son of Audu (Abubakar)

Our own / Belongs to the family

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 returns

Son of Abubakar

Son of the prophet, descendant of the prophet

Respected mother / Grandmother

Help / Aid / A blessing to the family

Daughter of the family / Variant of Bint

Father tempted me to come back

Old man / Wise elder reincarnated

Guardian / Watchman of the lineage

Worship the Father / Honor the Lord

Stand firm or joy of the family

Father's woman / Named after father's lineage

Waiting on father / Father's patience

The father's thought cannot be known fully

Traditional family reference name

Shortened form indicating lineage structure

Strength of the family / Pillar

Mother of God / Divine feminine source

Father's mother / Paternal grandmother reincarnation

Spirit / Ancestral being (also used in ibibio)

Mother (Idoma) or Friday-born

Mother's house / Mother's kinship

A person of joy

his father

Father / Elder

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

Good mother

Son of Fana

Born in the family house

Daughter of the house

The last born child of the family

Son of the last born / Small one

Good family / Blessed womb

One that family jointly pampers

My father did good

Assembly / Gathering of elders

Mother's kinsmen are praised

A major ancestral branch / Clan name

the strength of the father

Son of Isa

Mother has returned

Grandchild / Reincarnation of an ancestor

Man of the Kanembu/Kanuri heritage

The Father's favorite / Beloved child

Wait for the Father / Divine patience

Ancestral lineage branch

The power or strength of the father

Ancestral division / Daughter of Ipusu

Senior / Elder / Great one

Elder / Respected old man

Son of the chief

remember father

Mother is good / Precious mother

Daughter of royalty

Son of a teacher / Academic lineage

Ancestral lineage / Children of Ichongoa

The fathers are present / Lineage lives on

I know the Father / I acknowledge God

Mother / Sweet lady

Father's daughter / True child

I have a Father / I have God

my father

Mother is great, mother is supreme

the father

Lineage / Clan structure / Assembly

Good lineage / Good people

Father

Hunters are plenty in the family

My family is great.

The love of the family gives protection.

The family is greatly.

The family will never fall.

The greatness of the family

The family will not perish.

The family will not lost

The family stands firmly.

An established family.

The family is worth prominent.

The family worth glorious.

The family is filled.

The family lineage will not lost

I have progress from my family.

Family of children.

The head of Ego family.

the father

Ancestral name attributed to god of iron.

Family head has been established.

nobility/wealth has resurrected, has returned and becomes stronger, is reasserted

the child is kin

A person of praise / Reputable figure

God is the sources of family protection.

The son of the king.

The son/daughter of the king.

The children of a woman in an extended family.

The children of a man in an extended family.

A child of one's mother.

The most senior among the elders

God is greater / Mother is greater

God (Mother Creator) did good

Staff of authority / Royal lineage name

We agree / Unified family

Clan division / Born in Shangev territory

Ancestral lineage branch / Son of Ipusu

Love the Father / Love God

We know / Enlightened family

Father / Grandfather / Lord

The Lord is good / Father is good

Father's acceptance / Pleasing to God

Father speaks / God decrees

The Father has established

The Father protects / God shields

The Father is sufficient

Father gave / Gift from the Father

The Father sees

The Father watches over all

Father loves / God's love

The Father has done it / Settled

The Father hears

The Father provides / Blesses

The Father saves / God is savior

returned from overseas

Progenitor of the Tongov clan

Extended family compound

The extended family triumphs

The lineage is striving / strong

Father has returned

Ancestral division / Son of Ichongoa

Kinsmen / Agnatic lineage

Kinsmen have agreed / Supported by family

Father / Patriarch

the will of the father

Second son of a fair-skinned person / Reincarnation name

House / Home (symbolizing preservation of lineage)

Pride of the father / Father's glory

Son of Umar

Mother / Foundation

Heritage / Family legacy

Child of the mother / Maternal sibling

Child of the father / Paternal sibling

Our Mother / The Supreme Goddess/Creator

Little mother / Caring sister

Elder mother / Senior woman of the household

The mother's thing / Gift from mother

Mother has returned (given after a grandmother's passing)