Nigerian names

[Noddyrocks]

I am English and my Husband is English-Nigerian

We already have one DD and I thought it was fair that she have an English first name if the middle and last Nigerian names. So that worked out ok.
But OH wants the next one coming up to have a first Nigerian name as well. I have looked a littl into Nigerian names but not really seen any I like.
I quite like Tobi for a boy I guess.

Any other ideas on Nigerian names please for boys and girls. (our first daughter's middle name is Eniola)Yuroba

Thanks Toysi, Think I would prefer that. Those are nice names!

My friends kids are Remy and Sade. Very pretty. Toisin is nice too (not sure If I spelt it right!)

Fela for a boy? As in Fela Kuti (more ideas on that link too.)

Or Kora for a girl after the beautiful West African instument?

I like KORA AND TOISIN. NOW Just depends what DH likes!

Some kora playing on 'Birds' here.

My son who is mixed race has an English first name and Nigerian middle name - Eni (pronounced Ayni) meaning number one. If we had had a girl she would have had Sade as her middle name, short for Folasade which I believe is Yoruban.

Taiye is a nice yoruba name :)

I worked with a woman who, IIRC, was of Nigerian descent called Chika.

I know an Oluwaseun. He says no one can pronounce it though, so he just goes by Seun :P
Also, I've just looked it up and apparently it's unisex.

A lot of Nigerian names are unisex - Taiwo and Kehinde for twins (one meets "Greet the World" and the other means "Bring up the Rear" (!) I was told.

Babatunde for a boy (named for the grandfather), Folasade for a girl - can't remember what it means, shortens to Sade, like the singer. Adetokunbo (Ade or Toks for short), means "born overseas" I had a friend called Opeoluwa (Ope for short) which she said meant "Thanks be to God for bringing us this child."

There are some fabulous Igbo girls names - I know a Nnenna, Ngozi and Nneka. Also Adaoma (can be spellled Adamma) and Ashirima.

Temitope and Toyin are also nice. I had a friend who called her daughter Titilola, Lola for short.

Taiye can only be used for a twin. It's the same as Taiwo.

Yoruba names I like:

Tosin
Teniola
Sola
Seyi
Jade (pronounced Jah-Day)
Feyi
Yeni
Niyi
Akin
Lolade
Lola
Femi
Rotimi
Nike (but everyone will pronounce it Nai-Kee; it's pronounced Nee-Care)
Adeola
Tomi
Dayo
Yetunde
Aina (pronounced Ai-Nor)
Jolade
Toyin

One of my friend's little girl's name is Jadesola, apparently it's a very rare name even in Nigeria. They shorten it to Jade (NOT as in Ms Goody, but J-ah-dé with an accent on the 'e'). She also has a son, but forgot his name, will try and look it up for you.

Back again...I remembered my friend's son's nickname - Femi, but forgot what it's short for, and I have no means of asking her right now...

Anyway, both her children's names are definitely Yoruba.

I met a Nigerian lady on holiday last year called Ayo (pronounced I-O), which i thought was a lovely name.

Are you on the right planet thread, GH?

I knew a little Nigerian girl called Anasi - not sure of the spelling, but pronounced in 3 syllabels - An - nay - see. I thought it was so pretty.

We know a Nigerian girl mamed Thando [nn Tandy] the 'th' pronounced 't'

oh and Ayodele[a-yo-deli] who is Delly for short her db is Abiodun

DD's middle name is Morenike
DS's is Abiola

I worked with Nigerians (Oil Industry)

All boys
Ikenna
Kelechi
Temi

There are more, but I can't spell them!

These are my favourite Nigerian names of boys and girls.

For a girl:

Temitope
Oluwafunmilayo
Bukola
Demilade

For a boy:

Ayo
Oluyemi
Folajimi
Oluwaseyi

For name meaning I recommend www.babynamescube.com/nigerian-baby-names
This website gives you name meaning with numerology and other related details.

How lovely all these names are- wish I had a reason to use them!