| Name |
Gender |
Meaning |
Abbreviation |
Ibeamaka |
male |
Many/company/companion is good/wonderful. [The more the merrier.] |
Ibe |
Ibeabuchi See also
Maduabuchi
Onyebuchi |
male
|
No one is [my/your] God. |
Ibe
Buchi |
Ibekwe |
male |
If others will let/allow [me] |
Ibe |
Ibezimako |
male |
People have taught me a lesson. |
Ibe
Ibezim |
Ifeajuna |
male |
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Ifeanacho See also Iheanacho |
male |
What I have been: wishing, looking,asking, waiting for, or expecting. |
Ify |
Ifeanyichukwu |
male
female |
With God, everything is possible; or, with God nothing is impossible. |
Ify
Ifeanyi |
Ifeatu |
male |
Exemplary (or flawless or ideal or a model) or a reference point or benchmark. For example, many children born on the day of the eclipse of the sun in the 1940's were named Ifeatu because it is a day that can easily be referred to in history. |
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Ifenemonye |
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Ifeoma Saee aslo Iheoma |
female |
Something great/good/wonderful [i.e. a child]. |
Ify |
Ifesinachi See also Osinachi |
male
female |
[Gift] from God. |
Ify |
Ifeyinwa See also Nwamaka |
female |
Lit. trans.: there's nothing (no gift) like a child. A child is the greatest gift. |
Ify |
Ifunanya See also Fumnanya |
female |
Love. |
Ify |
Igwebuike |
male |
Many/company/companion is good/wonderful/powerful. |
|
Iheatu See also Ifeatu |
male |
Exemplary (or flawless or ideal or a model) or a reference point or benchmark. For example, many children born on the day of the eclipse of the sun in the 1940's were named Ifeatu because it is a day that can easily be referred to in history. |
|
Iheanacho See also Ifeanacho |
male |
What I have been: wishing, looking,asking, waiting for, or expecting. |
|
Iheoma See also Ifeoma |
female |
Something great/good/wonderful [i.e. a child]. |
|
Ijeagha |
|
The journey of war/war journey. (A child born during the war). |
Ije |
Ijeawele See also Awele |
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Ijebusomma See also Ijeoma |
|
The journey is good/sweet. |
Ije |
Ijeli |
|
Innumerable (or uncountable or countless) or a million. |
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Ijendu See also Ijeoma |
male
female |
Journey of life. |
Ije
Ndu |
Ijenuwa |
female |
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Ije
Ijenu |
Ijeoma See also Ijendu, Uzodimma, Uzoamaka, Uzomma |
female |
Good journey (based on the premise that life is a journey). |
Ije |
Ikechukwu See also Ikenna |
male |
Power of God. |
Ike
Iyke |
Ikedinachukwu |
male |
There is power in the Lord. |
Ike
Ikedi |
Ikemefuna See also Afamefuna |
male |
May my power, strength (or posterity) not/never be lost -- implying the importance of a male child in Igboland for the continuation of the family name. |
Ikem |
Ikenna See also Ikechukwu |
male |
Power of God. |
Ike
Iyke |
Iloabuchi or Iroawuchi |
male |
Your enemy is not your God. |
|
Iloerika |
male
female |
The enemies are ubiquitous. |
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Isioma Similar to Chioma. |
female |
Good luck. |
Isy |
Iweobiegbulam or Iweobiegbunam |
male |
May unhappiness, sadness, anger, or hatred never hurt/harm me. May I never be killed by anger or hatred. |
Iwobi |
Izuchukwu |
male |
God's consent/decision. |
Izu |
