In case you missed the thread about Urhobo names you can visit the following pages ( https://www.nairaland.com/2207345/naming-urhobo-culture-meanings-significance, https://www.nairaland.com/2298724/urhobo-names-meanings).

Alero — Female firstborn

Abidemi (Demi) - A child born before either the father or grandparents arrive

Aboyowa (Oyo) - Child that brought joy

Arenyeka (Yeka) — You cannot walk the universe

Besida (Besi) — As destiny dictates/decides

Dolor — Money

Ebeji — Twins

Orighomisan (Misan) — My head is good

Toritsefe (Tofe) — What God wants

Agbeyegbe — You do not live forever

Agboghoroma (Roma/Ogho) — You cannot buy a child with money

Asorkpinmi (Aso) — I am tired of criticism

Atigbinolaye (Atigbin) — Remember who helped you

Atigbioritse (Itse) — Remember God

Atsegbaghan (Aghan) — Give them help

Edema — Gentleman

Edemadiden (Diden/Edema) — Gentleman with light skin

Edemadudun (Dudun/Edema) — Gentleman with dark skin

Edematie (Edema) — Small gentleman

Mene — First

Ofoeghareno (Ofeno) — Our elders speak the words of wisdom

Ofortokun (Otokun) — Nobody listens to poor men

Okorodudun (Okoro/Dudun) — Black guy

Okorotie (Okotie) — Small guy

Omatseye (Tseye) — Child is life

Toghanranrose (Toghanro) — Our enemies’ plans have failed

Towuaghantse — You act the way you want

Ayirioritse (Ayiri) — You should praise God

Ayonuwe (Ayo) — The blessing of today

Babaludewa (Oludewa) — The reincarnation of Our Father

Ebieshuwa (Shuwa) — Family is fortune

Ebisanjuwa (Ebisan) — Family is more than fortune

Ereofooluwa (Ofoluwa / Oluwa ) — God’s word is fulfilling

Esigbone (Gbone) — The law of the people

Esijolomisan (Misan/Jolomi) — I am moving in the direction of prosperity

Eyimofe (Mofe) — This is what I want

Eyituoyo (Tuoyo) — This is enough to be happy

Ofeoritse (Ofe) — The gift from the Lord

Ofoluwafo (Ofo/Oluwa/Wafo) — God’s words

Ogungbemi (Ogbemi/Ogun) — Protected by the God of War

Ojobon (Obon) – Name for a child born on Market day

Oludewa (Olude) — Lord came back

Olumagin (Olu) — The king knows

Oritsemeyiwa (Meyiwa) — Brought by the Lord

Oritsemodupe (Dupe) — God I am grateful

Oritsemoyowa (Oyowa/Moyowa) — Joy from the Lord

Oritseretseoluwa (Sowa/Seoluwa) — God is my king

Credits:

http://ngr.ng/itsekiri-names/

Onuwaje, oya come and complete your work, anti-spam bot didn't ban me.

Efewestern:
Onuwaje, oya come and complete your work, anti-spam bot didn't ban me.

What about Oritsematosan and Toristeju? What do they mean?

Oritsejolomi should mean God of Prosperity abi?

confam.Delta/Binis are oduduwa pikin

Bini, Yoruba words are reflecting in the names

My fellow itsekiri please let always try and spell our name properly and not the Yoruba form despite the fact that we have similarities in our dialect the spelling are totally different, please let's try and correct ourselves

Tseyi not Sheyi
Tsaye not Shaye
Tsaninomi not Shaninomi
Tsola not Shola
Tsolaye not Sholaye
Tsegbone not Shegbone
Tsemaye not Shemaye
Omatseye not Omasheye
Omatsola not Omashola
Totseoma not Tosheoma
Tetsola not Teshola
Oritsetsegbemi not Oritseshegbemi
Omawumi not Omowumi

onuwaje:
My fellow itsekiri please let always try and spell our name properly and not the Yoruba form despite the fact that we have similarities in our dialect the spelling are totally different, please let's try and correct ourselves

Tseyi not Sheyi
Tsaye not Shaye
Tsaninomi not Shaninomi
Tsola not Shola
Tsolaye not Sholaye
Tsegbone not Shegbone
Tsemaye not Shemaye
Omatseye not Omasheye
Omatsola not Omashola
Totseoma not Tosheoma
Tetsola not Teshola
Oritsetsegbemi not Oritseshegbemi
Omawumi not Omowumi

Is Abugewa yoruboid?, cous it's a common name in Okpe and Uvwie.

Uvwie has a great influence in your language, Example Dolor is an uvwie word for money, thou some part make use of E'kowa.

Onijagidijagan:
Bini, Yoruba words are reflecting in the names

it's a unique yoruboid language, influenced by Urhobo and Edo. some names up there are urhobo names, eg Okoro, Dolor etc while some are Edo names eg Edema.

Efewestern:


Is Abugewa yoruboid?, cous it's a common name in Okpe and Uvwie.

Uvwie has a great influence in your language, Example Dolor is an uvwie word for money, thou some part make use of E'kowa.

let me clear dat notion. i have met Urhobos bearing Itsekiri names a very classic example are the Igbogidi people of Udu LGA. according to their history the founder of the town married an Itsekiri woman and gave her the privilege to name their settlement which literally translates to a land of trees tho many of the indigenes re changing their names but the truth is not that they re Itsekiri s but they bear Itsekiri names

secondly one of my Dads co worker whom i known as Temisan (Daddy Temisan) as intuition will have it its very normal to think he is from Itsekiri but he told us that he ia from Okpe LGA and that d reason why he is bearing Temisan is because his Dad had a childhood friend whom his dad insisted that he named him.


the Itsekiris have lived side by side with their neighbors until politics and colonialism brought about the current hatred. if u go through history tribes intertwined by naming their children and even themselves out of goodwill.

even Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh adopted the Itsekiris tribe as his tribe despite his Urhobo Origins so if u check names Abugewa i am sure they have Itsekiri Origins

onuwaje:


let me clear dat notion. i have met Urhobos bearing Itsekiri names a very classic example are the Igbogidi people of Udu LGA. according to their history the founder of the town married an Itsekiri woman and gave her the privilege to name their settlement which literally translates to a land of trees tho many of the indigenes re changing their names but the truth is not that they re Itsekiri s but they bear Itsekiri names

secondly one of my Dads co worker whom i known as Temisan (Daddy Temisan) as intuition will have it its very normal to think he is from Itsekiri but he told us that he ia from Okpe LGA and that d reason why he is bearing Temisan is because his Dad had a childhood friend whom his dad insisted that he named him.

the Itsekiris have lived side by side with their neighbors until politics and colonialism brought about the current hatred. if u go through history tribes intertwined by naming their children and even themselves out of goodwill.

even Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh adopted the Itsekiris tribe as his tribe despite his Urhobo Origins

I get your point, just want to know the origin of the name , I already found out that Majemite is an itsekiri word, it's a common name in Urhobo.

Fregene Is also another common itsekiri name in Okpe.

onuwaje:
My fellow itsekiri please let always try and spell our name properly and not the Yoruba form despite the fact that we have similarities in our dialect the spelling are totally different, please let's try and correct ourselves

Tseyi not Sheyi
Tsaye not Shaye
Tsaninomi not Shaninomi
Tsola not Shola
Tsolaye not Sholaye
Tsegbone not Shegbone
Tsemaye not Shemaye
Omatseye not Omasheye
Omatsola not Omashola
Totseoma not Tosheoma
Tetsola not Teshola
Oritsetsegbemi not Oritseshegbemi
Omawumi not Omowumi

Just curious though about your perspective because of your assertion over your assumption that some Itsekiri use Yoruba letters spelling method to write out their names. My question for you is this; If Itsekiri was grouped within Yoruba enclave from the creation of Midwest, wont Itsekiri people use Yoruba spelling method to write out their names?

Note: I am not a believer in coercion,talkless of forceful subjugation of people who don't want to be part of Yoruba ancestors heritage.

Cheers

Many of these names are Itsekirinised forms of Yoruba, Edo or Urhobo names. It is not surprising though considering the fact that that Itsekiri is a melting pot of people of various origins who chose to retain a distinct identity.

Itsekiris are lovable, educated and cultured people but they too like land matter and wahala.

Olu317:
Just curious though about your perspective because of your assertion over your assumption that some Itsekiri use Yoruba letters spelling method to write out their names. My question for you is this; If Itsekiri was grouped within Yoruba enclave from the creation of Midwest, wont Itsekiri people use Yoruba spelling method to write out their names?

Note: I am not a believer in coercion,talkless of forceful subjugation of people who don't want to be part of Yoruba ancestors heritage.

Cheers

You don't get it. he is saying they should use standard itsekiri spelling instead of Yoruba spelling. The spelling is what makes the language unique. so 'TS' is itsekiri while 'SH' is standard Yoruba.

Ts (ola) not sh (ola).
Ts(eyi) not Sh(eyi)
Ts(aye) not Sh(aye)
Ts(aninomi) not Sh(aninomi).

Omatseye!!

What of Buhari

Efewestern:


You don't get it. he is saying they should use standard itsekiri spelling instead of Yoruba spelling. The spelling is what makes the language unique. so 'TS' is itsekiri while 'SH' is standard Yoruba.

Ts (ola) not sh (ola).
Ts(eyi) not Sh(eyi)
Ts(aye) not Sh(aye)
Ts(aninomi) not Sh(aninomi).

onuwaje:
My fellow itsekiri please let always try and spell our name properly and not the Yoruba form despite the fact that we have similarities in our dialect the spelling are totally different, please let's try and correct ourselves

Tseyi not Sheyi
Tsaye not Shaye
Tsaninomi not Shaninomi
Tsola not Shola
Tsolaye not Sholaye
Tsegbone not Shegbone
Tsemaye not Shemaye
Omatseye not Omasheye
Omatsola not Omashola
Totseoma not Tosheoma
Tetsola not Teshola
Oritsetsegbemi not Oritseshegbemi
Omawumi not Omowumi

Sorry to say sirs, SH is in no way Yoruba but an anglisized form of spelling the Yoruba alphabeth 'Ṣ' (shi).

I swear to God itsekiri is an offshoot of Yoruba language!!!

See the similarities na... Abidemi, agbeyegbe, Toritsefe and so many more!!

Ok

There names resemble southern kaduna names

wow

'The O'mashes'


pls the meaning

A good deal of them are close to Yoruba

Crocky23:
These are descendants of Yoruba tradesmen.
They are not really south south like Urhobo people.

And what is your mumu sordid point exactly?

Didn’t everyone come from somewhere? Did everyone suddenly spring out of the ground in their present locations?

Urhobo no get origin?

These are descendants of Yoruba tradesmen.
They are not really south south like Urhobo people.

Now i want to be called Ebeji Edima

Efewestern:


Credits:

http://ngr.ng/itsekiri-names/

Even this Oritsemodupe should be Oritsemodope

Sisisioge

Pls if 1 person bear ds names can he or she fill a form? Toghanranrose Oritsemodupe Oritseretseoluwa

Onijagidijagan:
Bini, Yoruba words are reflecting in the names

It's obvious this tribe hard-forked Yoruba language.

Only those into Crypto would know the meaning of hard fork.... It doesn't mean nacking punna

What is the meaning of Etsefoaghan and Eyemisan