Ijaw names

Voice of the community

Good town / Prosperity of the community

Dignitary or elder of the town

An expression of triumph / Victory dance

God / Divine

Gift from God

God has done it / Manifestation

God did good

God's love

God's desire or God's love

Praise / Blessing

Blessed / Praised

Peace

Father's woman / Named after father's lineage

Waiting on father / Father's patience

The father's thought cannot be known fully

Gift or favor from God

Sustained / Long-lived

Look closely before action / Discerning

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

Strength of the family / Pillar

The Ijaw god of justice and defense

The future / Tomorrow

My own

Stay for the day

Mother's house / Mother's kinship

Answered prayer

Witness / Testimony

Open up / Blossom

Good family / Blessed womb

Good heaven / Heavenly favor

God is good

Good thing / Precious possession

My father did good

The choice of the people / Beloved by many

Thought / Memory / Remembrance

Mindful / Deep thinker

Stay with me

My own / Property

Courage / Brave heart

Ijaw woman

Ijaw person

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

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

Do not discourage / Do not lose hope

Strong / Power

Make me strong

Do good

A town built on good deeds

Brother / Sister / Kinfolk

Excel / Surpass / Victory

Surpassed all / Excelled beyond expectations

Judgment / Justice / Vindication

Hat / Cap (traditional crown or honor)

Leader / Head of a group

Great / Big

Great day

God is greater / Mother is greater

God (Mother Creator) did good

Gift from God

God's love

Wealth / Riches / Royalty

Queen / Wealthy woman

The realm of wealth / Royal circle

Rich person / Wealthy man

Wealth has descended / Royalty has landed

Gift

The one who fits the context / Appropriate choice

Heaven's will / Destiny

God (The Female Creator deity aspect)

God / The Creator

God's case / God's matter

The one chosen by God

God is the greatest / Surpasses all

God's gift

God's will

Love

Loved one / Cherished

Loved woman

Nothing is greater than love

Where love resides

Look at love / Behold love

Live / Stay / Exist

Live in peace and goodness

Live for me

Praise / Honor

Will / Desire (often associated with God's will)

Child

The beauty or goodness of the home

Wealth of the household

Our Mother / The Supreme Goddess/Creator

No blame / Faultless

The mother's thing / Gift from mother

God / Creator