Igbo Names:Part II

This is part 2 of the previous entry on Igbo (Ibo) names.

Theme: Death

Onwumechili: Death closed...
Onwuzuluigbo/Onwuzuruigbo: death has reached all Igbo land (or more appropriately "Death is everywhere")
Onwueme: Death has done (a bad thing)
Balonwu/Belonwu: If it weren't for death
Onwudinjo: Death is bad/evil
Onwuaso: Death does not respect
Onwubuariri/Onwubualili: Death is terrible sorrow
Anezionwu: Does one send death?
Onwuatuegwu/Onwuatu: Death does not fear
Onwudiwe: Death is terrible
Onwuzulu: Death is everywhere
A(na)gbapuluonwu: Death cannot be shaken off/escaped
Onwurapu, Onwurah, Onwughalu: Death should leave
Onwubiko: Please, Death!
Atu-egwuonwu/Egwuonwu: Do not have-fear of death
Onwuamaibe: Death knows no peers (death has no friends)
Onwuanu-mba: Death does not heed - rebukes
Onwuka: Death is greater
Onwuzuluike: Death should rest
Onwuchekwa: Death should wait
Onwuma: Death can please itself
Anazonwu: Death is not desired (Does anyone struggle to inherit death?)

Theme: joy after pain/sorrow/loss/disappointment

Ozoemenam- It (misfortune) shouldn't happen again
Obiajulu- My heart has found rest
Nkemakonam- I should not look for what is mine
Ozaram- He's answered me
Chiedozie-God has fixed it
Chikpee- God should judge
Nkasiobi- Comfort
Nwanosike- Child stay well; Child that has come to stay
Kachisiso- As God wants it
Sochima- Only God knows why

Theme : Chi (God..)

Chimzurum- My God is sufficient/enough for me
Chinekwu - God speaks
Chinemelum - God does for me
Chinelo - God thinks
Chinanu - God hears
Chinedu - God guides, could also be Chinedum (God guides me)
Chidubem - May God continue to guide me
Chinyelum - God gave me
Chizobam— May God continue to fight/struggle/battle for me
Chimebe - God should do; God should continue to act.
Chimaraoke - God knows my share/portion
Chidindu - God is alive
Chiwetalu - God has brought
Chioma - Good God/Good luck/ Good fortune
Chidimma - God is good
Chima - God knows
Chimamanda - My God will never fail
Chikadibia - God is greater than doctors
Chidiebere - God is merciful
Chidiebube - God is glorious, Majestic God; God is magnificent
Chibuike - God is (my) strength
Chigozie— May God bless
Chibuzo - God is first or comes first
Chinwe - God has; God owns
Chinweike - God owns strength
Chinasa - God answers
Chimaram - God knows me
Chiamaka - God is beautiful
Chisom - God is with me/behind me
Chimalu- God knows
Chigbo - God protect

Theme Chukwu- (God: a dialectical variant of "Chi")

Chukwuezugo - God is enough
Chukwueloka - God gave this a lot of thought
Chukwuma - God knows
Chukwuka - God is greater
Chukwudi - God is or God exist
Chukwuemeka - God has done a lot
Chukwuerika - God is plenty
Chukwuebuka - God is big/huge
Chukwuadika - God is too much

Theme: Nna (father could also mean God)

Lotanna/Chetanna - remember father
Fenna - worship God
Obinna - Father's heart; the heart of the father
Adanna - Father's daughter (usually given to the first daughter)
Nnenna - Father's mum/grandmother
Nnanna - Father's dad/grandfather
Ogbonna/Ogbonnaya/Ogbonnia— a name given to a son who embodies the virtues of his father hence "Father's incarnate"
Ogonna— Father's magnanimity; Father's generosity
Ugonna/Ugwunna - Father's pride; Father's honor.

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