I was just wondering if Kanye is an Igbo name seeing as people have been saying it's swahilli for 'only one', while others say it translates to "go take a sh*t". So could it be a long lost name in the Americas that was passed down by enslaved Igbo people because there are many versions of this name in Igboland including Kanyechukwuekele (let's give God praise) and Kainene etc. (or just Kanye) post your thoughts plz.

here we go again, (rolls eyes, )

heheeee
Kanye na Igbo name.case closed

lucabrasi:


here we go again, (rolls eyes, )

I don't understand

This same kind of speculation happened for Ne-Yo. His middle name is written Chimere. Some people speculated it to have Igbo origins. It's even more confusing when Chimere is an oriental word. . . Japanese or Chinese, I believe. . . and Ne-Yo is part Chinese.

I think, to get rid of all of this speculation, people should compile a list of suspected individuals with names of Igbo origin and then go ask those individuals about the origin of their names. Kanye though, is an Igbo name. It may not be what Kanye had in mind when he decided to take on that name, though. It is a possibilty though that Kanye can be one of those names that survived through slavery. One other name that I'm suspecting is Obie Trice's name Obie. It's pronounced the exact same way as Obi, and thus far, I've only seen African Americans bear the name, but oh well.

yes kanye is an ibo name ,obama is also another ibo name from obamachukwu, another one is jay z a short form of jazeerachukwu

idupaul:

yes kanye is an ibo name ,obama is also another ibo name from obamachukwu, another one is jay z a short form of jazeerachukwu

LOL

ChinenyeN:

One other name that I'm suspecting is Obie Trice's name Obie. It's pronounced the exact same way as Obi, and thus far, I've only seen African Americans bear the name, but oh well.

I think that's short for Obadiah according to this website http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Obie

idupaul:

yes kanye is an ibo name ,obama is also another ibo name from obamachukwu, another one is jay z a short form of jazeerachukwu

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http://www.yeahbaby.com/meaning-name-etymology.php?name=Kanye

Kanye is not an igbo name at all. From the web page, it claimed kanye means honour but the complete igbo version is kanyeolisa-ekene which means give God thanks unless you want to call it Give God honour.

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tpia:

I did a quick google search and found both a Hawaiian and Botswana meaning for kanye.

The American one is Igbo, of course.


I've met Asians/Japanese called Ranti and Funmi. There must be Yoruba japanese that i don't know of.

make una vex oh.

I think the problem here is that people don't understand how much of an influence Igbo people had in American culture. I am not trying to claim anybody, I ASKED A Question. If you didn't see the link I posted above it clearly states that Kanye is an African name I don't know about Hawaii or Botswana, can you post the link to the pages you found on your search?

and nas is yoruba too. nasiru ,

bawomolo:

and nas is yoruba too. nasiru ,

somebody already did it, :-|

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tpia:

I'm quite sure people understand very well. Afterall,  Hero aka KB1 has gone to great lengths to clarify, postulate and provide evidence that AAs and many other Africans (diasporic or otherwise) are at least 90% Igbo.

lol, it's funny what some people would claim, obviously that's rubbish.

tpia:

However, the name Kwame is also found among AAs.

I think they acknowledge it's a Ghanian name, I think it was a way to connect back to Africa.

tpia:

My point is, people can take names from anywhere they like.  Vex oh!

That's why I ask if the name is gotten from Igbo. Oh well  guess the only way to know would to be ask Kanye West himself as someone suggested earlier. 

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Hmmm, interesting observation.

hilarious thread.

This is off topic, but what does the Yoruba name "Omokanye" mean? Anyone? Just curious.

AloyEmeka9:


Kanye is not an igbo name at all. From the web page, it claimed kanye means honour but the complete igbo version is kanyeolisa-ekene which means give God thanks unless you want to call it Give God honour.

Kanyechukwu means let's give it to God ..Kanye for short

I think the name Kanyechukwu is shortened from Ka anyi nye ya chukwu, or maybe it's a different igbo dialect.

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