Editor DorisDuring the first trimester of pregnancy, parents often come up with the funniest baby names. Despite your natural tendency to attach sentimental value to everything, try to resist the urge to name your adorable daughter after your favorite pain reliever.
We’re here to help you figure out things like, “What’s the best Igbo names for girls for my new baby?” Do you plan on naming your child after a relative? Is it appropriate to give the baby a name based on an event? Why don’t I give her the name of the network on which my favorite TV shows air? TRACEy sounds like a wonderful name!”
Too many variables are involved in choosing a child’s name. It’s important to remember that the names you choose for your children are influenced by many different factors, including their historical context.
When it comes to a baby’s birth, there are a number of factors that can influence its personality.
It’s not uncommon for parents to accept a baby name suggestion without first asking what it means.
First, I’d like to talk a little about the Igbos and child naming before going into the specifics of Igbo names and their meanings.
Southeastern Nigeria is home to the Igbo ethnic group, one of Nigeria’s most populous. Your choice of name for your child will have a profound effect on the person’s future life, according to Igbo culture.
Because of this and other customs, the Igbo people often gave their children names that commemorated significant occurrences in their lives at the time. Nowadays, in the Igbo community, children are given beautiful and godly names rather than local ones, and they are no longer named after their parents.
100 Igbo Names For Girls And Meanings
- Ifunanya – Love
- Ihuoma – One who is favored
- Ihuomachukwu – God’s favor.
- Ijeawele – A smooth journey.
- Eziamaka – One who believes that we get good things by going out
- Anwulika – My joy is great or joy is greater.
- Apunanwu – A precious and beautiful girl untainted by the sun.
- Binyelum – Stay with me
- Chiagozie – God has blessed me.
- Chiasoka – God is too sweet.
- Ifechiluru – What God has done
- Akwaugo – “my precious daughter
- Amaogechukwu – “God’s time is the best”
- Azuka – “we grow stronger with experience”
- Akumjeli – “I will enjoy that wealth”
- Ifechukwu – The light of God.
- Kairaluchukwu – Let’s leave it to God.
- Kaisoluchukwu – Let’s follow God.
- chinechezirim – God thinks well of me.
- Ezinne – The good mother.
- Amaka – Queen of ravishing beauty who is spontaneous and versatile by nature
- Chimamanda– My God will not fail
- Chikaima– It’s God we know
- Kamharida– May I not fall
- Kosisochukwu – However it pleases God
- Ifedimma – Something good
- Ifekristi – The light of Christ.
- Ifeyinwa – Nothing can be compared to a child.
- Ijemma – A good journey.
- Isioma – One who is fortunate and blessed
- Chisimdi – God says I shall live.
- Daberechi – Lean on God
- Isioma – “good luck”
- Onochie – “the one who replaces”
- Chukwunomso – which means “Lord is near me”
- Fumnanya – “love me”
- Uzoamaka – “a delightful journey” or “a smooth path”
- Daluchi – Thank God.
- Ekemma – One who was born on Eke market day
- Epkereamaka – One who finds prayer wonderful.
- Ginikawa/Ginikachukwu – “there’s nothing greater than a child” and “there’s nothing greater than the Lord”
- Chiazokam – God has saved me well.
- Chibinobim – God dwells in my heart.
- Chibundo – God is my shelter
- Chibuogu – God is my strength.
- Chichima – A sweet and precious girl.
- Chinechezirim – God thinks good of me
- Adaku – A girl born into a wealthy family or the one who brings wealth to the family.
- Adanna – Father’s daughter, given to the elder sister of a girl
- Adaobi – The first daughter in the family compound.
- Adaolisa – God’s daughter.
- Ezichi – Good God!
- Ezinne – The good mother.
- Ginika – What can be greater than God?
- Achebe – One who is protected by the Goddess
- Adaego – Daughter of wealth
- Adaeze – Princess, daughter of the king.
- Adaugo – Beautiful daughter or daughter of an eagle.
- Adaure – Daughter of Uruala, a town in Imo State.
- Addana – The younger sister of a girl
- Ahunna – One with the body of her father.
- Ezichi – Good God!
- Ndumzoronachukwu – I hide My life in God
- Zioranmachukwu -Show the world God’s beauty
- Kaimarachukwu – Let’s know God
- Obinaetochukwu – A heart that praises God
- Sochima – Only God Knows
- Chinagorom – God is my witness
- Chisomaga – God walks with me
- Chukwukasiemobi – God console my heart
- Somgolibe – Follow Me Rejoice
- Nmasinachi – Beauty Is From God
- Chidiuto – God Is Sweet
- Ifechidelu, Ifechukwukwurugeme – What God has written…God’s words must come to pass
- Ifechimererika – God’s works are endless
- Chigaemezu – God will fulfill
- Nwanyibuife – A woman is light
- Chisimdiri – God said I shall live
- Kachizamekpere – Let God answer my prayer
- Chizaramekpere – God answered my prayers
- Ekpereamaka – Prayer is beautiful
- Nwukaamaka – Children born on Sunday are beautiful
- Otitochukwu – In God’s Praise
- Otutuchukwu – Chant for God
- Chimdalu – Thank you my God
- Chinanuokum – God hear my calls
- Chinalu – God is at work
- Akummiriigwe – The Dew of Heaven
- Kamsiyochukwu – How I pleaded with God
- Chisomnazu – God is my protector
- Echioma – Brighter Tomorrow
- Enyichukwu – God’s friend
- Kaitochukwu – Let’s praise God
- Chimsimdili – My God said I shall live
- Oguguochukwu – Befriend God
- Makuochukwu – Embrace God
- Kachiside (Kachi) – As God has written
- Amaka – Queen of ravishing beauty
- Anwuli – Joy, a joyous and happy girl
- Anwulichukwu – Joy of the Lord.
Conclusion
Hopefully, you will be inspired by these Igbo names for girls and their meanings as you choose a name for your child. Share this list with the maternity wards to make sure it gets there.