100 Rare Igbo Names for Boys and Girls with their Meaning

Publish date: 2024-07-16

Igbo names serve as a means of identification, inducting children into family, society, culture, and religion. Beyond these, names in Igbo culture express nature, power, blessings as well as prophesying into a child. For instance, a parent might name a child Azuka (confidence) to prophesy that this child in question grows to become confident.

Also, Igbo names can be derived from situations or circumstances that surround the birth of a child. Although in ancient times, Igbo names were derived from the ancient religious beliefs amidst other things, the Igbo people have recently adopted the use of names that depict their religious beliefs which is mostly Christianity. An instance is in the name Chukwudi (God exists).

The Igbo people dignify the naming of a child and celebrate it through a naming ceremony. Although this celebration is not celebrated by some individuals in modern Igbo land, some communities hold it dear. It also varies in different communities. The traditional ceremony is done after the birth of a child. A diviner is called upon to identify if the child is a reincarnation of an ancestor after which the family offers a sacrifice to bury the umbilical cord and shave the baby’s head. The ceremony takes place on the 7th, 8th, or 12 days after the child’s birth. Apart from those who practice the traditional ceremony, religion and denomination play vital roles in the name of a child. For instance, Catholic parents take their infant children for baptism and choose a name for the child. Although baptismal names are mostly in English, Hebrew, or names of other saints, Igbo names are equally allowed as long as they make reference to the divinity of God and do not drift or contradict one’s faith. Here are 100 Igbo names, their pronunciations, and their meanings.

Igbo Names For Boys and Their Meanings

1. Achebe

2. Afamefuna (Ahamefuna or Ahamefula)

3. Arinzechukwu

3. Chibuike

4. Chimezie

5. Chukwuemeka

6. Ifeanyichukwu

7. Chizitere (Chizutere)/Chizitelu

8. Obinna

9. Chimaroke

10. Nnamdi

11. Chijioke

12. Chinedu

11. Iheanacho (Ifeanacho)

12. Igwebuike

13. Ikenna

14. Jachike

15. Jidenna

16. Ndubuisi

17. Nnabuenyi

18. Okeke

19. Obumnaeme (Obumnaeke)

20. Obimaburugonachukwu

21. Ositadinma

22. Kamanu/Kamalu (Kanu/Kalu)

23. Nnduka (Nduka)

24. Echezonachukwu

25. Eyinnaya

26. Nwokeoma

27. Nwankpa/Nwadinkpa

28. Nwigwe

29. Ebubedike

30. Nwolisa

31. Chijundu

32. Nkemakolam

33. Nzeribe (Zeribe)

34. Onwuegbuchulam

35. Chukwumerije

36. Ejike

37. Chimankpa

38. Abaeze

49. Chimagozielam

Igbo Names For Girls and their Meanings

40. Nkeiruka

41. Ukamaka

42. Chiamaka

43. Akachukwu

44. Adaoma

45. Ekpereamaka

46. Ifunanya

47. Ijeawele

48. Mmadiya

50. Nnenna

51. Nnedimma

52. Ndidiamaka

53. Omasirichi

54. Ugommaeze

55. Zikeoranachidimma

56. Adaego

57. Chimamanda

58. Akuada

59. Adaora

60.  Chiasoka

61. Chinyere

62. Erinma

63. Urenna

64. Mkpulumma

65. Nwanyibuife

66. Kosisochukwu

67. Obiajulu

Unisex Igbo Names and Their Meanings

68. Chibuzor

69. Chidiebube

70. Naetochukwu

68. Esimnachi (Esimnachibia)

69. Ekwutosinam

71. Akunna

72. Ginikachukwu

73. Ekene

74. Kainene

75. Ifechukwu

76. Kairaluchukwu

77. Kamsiyochukwu

78. Chetachi

79. Bunkechukwu

80. Kamsiyonna

81. Somtochuckwu

82. Kasiemobi

83. Lotachuckwu

84. Lotanna

85. Mmasichukwu

86. Nchekwube

87. Sopuruchukwu

88. Kamharida

89. Ifechidelu, Ifechukwukwurugeme  

90. Ifechimererika

91. Chigaemezu

92. Chisimdiri

93. Ndumzoronachukwu

94. Zioranmachukwu

95. Chinagorom

96. Chisomaga

 97. Chisomnazu

98. Chukwukasiemobi

99. Chihurumnanya

100. Zinachidi

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