@ chris_j
I can think of one African name in the Bible and that is "Niger". Check Acts 13:1

Both my first name and middle name are native names. Funnily enough, everyone in my immediate and extended family has the same.
Including those born and raised abroad.
I will definitely do the same cos i believe a name is a prophesy for the kid.

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Both my first name and middle name are native names. Funnily enough, everyone in my immediate and extended family has the same.
Including those born and raised abroad.
I will definitely do the same cos i believe a name is a prophesy for the kid.

Not necesarrily true. There are kids named Uwem (which means life in Ibibio) who are mortals like all of us.

My own name is a yoruba name: born in wealth
(Abiola)

Foreign names are cool, but nothing beats picking a Nigerian name for your baby

After all you are a Nigerian, not a Kimberly

tolutara:
my kids are

Fehintoluwa, Moboluwaduro Olamide - my first child
Omotara Fiyinfoluwa ,Kofoworola - 2nd
Ayomide Oluwatoke Aderinsola- 3rd

No English names for me abeg, as long as the English are not naming there kids Nigerian names, why should I?

Eazy dear

[/quote][quote author=jumie post=5517125]A name is as important as the person.

Whether you give a child a local or foreign name, the most important thing is knowing the meaning of such names and understanding that it could affect the child's future. Eg. When you name a child - Esubiyi (meaning - the devil has brought this), Iyabo (dead mother has returned), etc such names will impact negatively on the child and the child may even develop a low self esteem because of its name. English names such as Linda (meaning - snake), etc have also been known to connote something negative.

However, it is important that you give a child a name that he or she will be very proud of when he or she grows up!!

Esubiyi is not devil has brought as you claimed above
It has is own meaning in Yoruba language because ESU in Yoruba is not the devil in the Bible and Quran. And it's no does not mean that a dead mother is back alive is just like keep her memory in live.

Nigerian names are superb and many glorify God.