Preview:Nigerian Names Project

• Taiwo. Is a shortened form of to-aiye-wo (have first taste of the world), it is given to the first born of either a female or male twin. The idea behind the name is that the first born was sent first to announce the coming of the latter.
• Kehinde is a name given to the trailing twin
• Idowu is a name given to a child born after twins.
• Idogbe is the name given to a male child after born after Idowu
• Alaba is the name given to a female child born after Idowu
• Eta Oko is the name given to the third of triplets
• Ige means a child with a breech or footling presentation
• Ilori means a child conceived during the absence of menstruation
• Omope means a name that signifies the late coming of the child
• Ojo or Aina means a name given to a child with a cord twined around his neck
• Ajayi means a name given to a child born with a face downwards
• Oke means a child born with membranes unruptured
• Salako is the name given to a male child whose head is covered with caul and ruptured membranes when born, the female counterpart is Talabi
• Dada is the name given to a curly head child, it is styled Olowo Ori
• Abiona is a name that signifies a child born when the mother was away from home on a journey
• Abiose means being born on a holiday
• Babatunde signifies father comes again, it is a name given to a male child born soon after the death of his grandfather, *Yetunde is the female counterpart of Babatunde
• Babarimisa is the name that is given to a posthumous child
• Ayodele, means that joy has entered the house
• Oniepde means the consoler is home
• Morenike means I have someone to pet
• Mosebolatan means Joy hitherto despaired of
• Omoteji means a child big enough for two
• Akinyele signifies the entering of a strong child into the house
• Ibiyemi good birth becomes one
• Ibiyinka means being surrounded by children
• Ladipo, increase honour
• Ogundalenu signifies the devastation of the house by war
• Otegbeye means deprived of honour by war
• Ogunmola, the river Ogun carried away our honour
• Laniyonu, means honor is full of troubles
• Kurumi, means death as impoverished me
• Oyebisi, means increased titles
• Test, this is a test