Traditional Nigerian Names

Born with wealth

Born into wealth

Father's daughter

Crown achieves happiness

A king's crown was added

The crown has been restored, or royalty has returned.

Crown has come home

Meaning 'alive' or 'living'.

Living, prosperous (plural)

Bright, clear.

Joy comes home

Woke up with wealth

As God wishes, or 'God's will is sufficient'

God is good

God's power

Plane tree

God is with me

God is alive

God has done great things

Blessed with wealth

The second twin

Pleasure

Wealth, love

Blessings

Great deeds

Person of wealth

Captivating, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad

Give me joy

God is my strength. A powerful and divine name.

First-born daughter, or a girl born before her brothers.

Interpreter, prophet's name

Good thing

Wisdom

God's power

Meaning 'faith'.

Hold onto life

Sufficiency, enough; often implies being self-sufficient or content.

Thank God

Home full of honor

Sorrows

Beloved, bitter, or 'star of the sea' (from Hebrew Miryam)

Woke up to wealth

Victor, helper

Blessing

God's gift or precious, derived from the Igbo phrase 'Nkechi Chineke'

My father lives

Came to enjoy wealth

Father's heart

Year of joy

High, exalted, ascended