We have a surname that is not Nigerian or African.

In the UK when my sister applied for a job and got called for thr job interview they mentioned to her that they thought she was not African her name.
That was the first decent job she got.
But i think things have changed now with more migrants in UK and valuable services they render.
Give Nigerians a chance and they will excel. Nigerias problem is we spend so much energy time n money to hate each other or surpress each other because of tribe, religion or political affiliation

adedayoa2:
You for try read wetin him write before you comment o

they equally asked him of his origin (Nigeria) when they could not pronounce the name. you should be smarter than this. They relate the name to where he came from n immediately they rejected him. If this guy was from a more serious n well behave country, he could not have issues with them.

Mr man you are liar it hasn't got to that so pls stop all these embarrassing statement.

Nigerians are doing great in UK working as Doctors, Nurses scientist, pilot, millitary, bankers, technologist, IT expert, politician sports etc so pls bro you are a liar. If you are sure of what you are saying give the name of the company within a minute I will dig you out its a promise.

Nigerian ain't doing bad in UK Mr man. Ok.

Bull. Lots of Nigerians in UK have great jobs using their Nigerian names. Abi you wan tell me that Folake Adelakun or Ubani Okafor don't get hired? If Oyinbo can pronounce Cholmondely, Leicester, or Wriothesley, then surely, Inein is no problem.

Whatava!

ThinkSmarter:
It is not about Nigeria, it is about your tribal name so difficult to pronounce.
I am Igbo but i find names of Edo/benin, urhobo/isoko, Tiv and some Ijaw name difficult to pronounce.

They find yourrs difficult too.

They are not serious at all, if they can call russian names, I wonder why they can't call your name, what an awesome excuse.

I have being using my IGBO last name since i was born in East london for more than 30 year I had the same problem right from the very first day in college, at one point it didn't bother me anymore. There is no way i am changing my last name, to what? Williams? Hosford? Norman? No way!

When I changed it ones or twice to an English translation "Kings" everything went smoothly until i changed it back since then i thought bollocks! to them! The pakis and Turks are using their muslim names like Khan, Uzgur, Tarik, Osman, mohamed and Chakrabati so what is wrong with using mine. Fork em!

But sometimes they reject people for jobs not because of their last names but because they are born in nigeria or holds a nigerian nationality sadly. Even Ghanians with their Ghanian last names still get decent jobs...

But i think things has changed in recent years people are employed now in cities regardless of their last names or country of origin..

In Wales it might be different because they are still sort of backwards. Even Welsh people are sometimes discriminated by The English, the English are discriminated by the Scots.

Slave mentality

ijustdey:


https://guardian.ng/news/how-removing-native-name-from-my-cv-got-me-uk-job-offers-nigerian/

Garrick my man. See his face.

ijustdey:


https://guardian.ng/news/how-removing-native-name-from-my-cv-got-me-uk-job-offers-nigerian/

So your job place didn't ask for your identity and Nationality

madridsta007:


Garrick my man. See his face.

No Nationality or Identity for Dem interview

BigDawsNet:



Are you from edo state?

Back to your question
Your surname, first name, last name will not denial you the authorization to apply for a visa for any country...

The consular is not required to learn how to pronounce your name... He or she only need to confirm the names on your visa application tally with your passport...

Then on your own part...as long as you can speak English and express your self... You have got no issue...

When you land...if you want, you can decide to give yourself an official English...

It's a marra of choice tho

Goodluck

No I'm not from Edo.
Thank you sir.

nextstep:
Bull. Lots of Nigerians in UK have great jobs using their Nigerian names. Abi you wan tell me that Folake Adelakun or Ubani Okafor don't get hired? If Oyinbo can pronounce Cholmondely, Leicester, or Wriothesley, then surely, Inein is no problem.

Abeg leave the Mumu ! I meant to tell us that they didn't asked for Nationality or personal identification

alsudan:
In Buharis Nigeria, the only name that gets you a job is Sani Abdulrasheed and the likes.

And Bumfiquar Al-Fulani.

gypsey:
I have being using my IGBO last name since i was born in East london for more than 30 year I had the same problem right from the very first day in college, at one point it didn't bother me anymore. There is no way i am changing my last name, to what? Williams? Hosford? Norman? No way!

When I changed it ones or twice to an English translation "Kings" everything went smoothly until i changed it back since then i thought bollocks! to them! The pakis and Turks are using their muslim names like Khan, Uzgur, Tarik, Osman, mohamed and Chakrabati so what is wrong with using mine. Fork em!

But sometimes they reject people for jobs not because of their last names but because they are born in nigeria or holds a nigerian nationality sadly. Even Ghanians with their Ghanian last names still get decent jobs...

But i think things has changed in recent years people are employed now in cities regardless of their last names or country of origin..

In Wales it might be different because they are still sort of bacwards.

This name changing y'all are talking about,is it changing it officially on all documents or just changing the name you tell people you bear?

nextstep:
Bull. Lots of Nigerians in UK have great jobs using their Nigerian names. Abi you wan tell me that Folake Adelakun or Ubani Okafor don't get hired? If Oyinbo can pronounce Cholmondely, Leicester, or Wriothesley, then surely, Inein is no problem.

If you have an Oyinbo friend,tell him/her to pronounce:
Oghogho (edo name)
Akpenvwoghene (Urhobo name)
Anyikamba (Igbo name)
Mowaninuolaoluwa (Yoruba name)

Tell me how they won't wanna avoid such names.

Forget about it, you are not hiding behind anything, nothing acquired in this world is natural about you, your name was given to you by someone: your parent. So you can change that if you feel it is constituting a cultural barrier for you in your new environment. You don't have to bear an English name to make your name pronounceable to an English man. What of changing your name to "Tope"? You will be surprised how a Briton will pronounce "Tope" even better than a Yoruba guy.

Drella:


No I'm not from Edo.
Thank you sir.

Ucw

Dreambeat:
True, dem don mispronounce mine tire but I no send dem. They even attempted to shorten my name to something that sounds English I still refused to accept that. Una must learn to pronounce my name by force

Correct!
Ur head is there!
Proud of u!
!

Dreambeat:
True, dem don mispronounce mine tire but I no send dem. They even attempted to shorten my name to something that sounds English I still refused to accept that. Una must learn to pronounce my name by force

FrenchXpert:


You say « Je suis stupide »

Eres tan estúpido, con tu estúpido cabello.

Himtulie247:
No Nationality or Identity for Dem interview

Nope.

But if you have an ethnic name, you would probably not be called. Unless the position is quite specialist and you have a PhD with a rich experience.

madridsta007:


Nope.

But if you have an ethnic name, you would probably not be called. Unless the position is quite specialist and you have a PhD with a rich experience.

Noted !!

Anything that needs to be change must be change for success purposes.
my children will not bear any of my native or tribal names there is a reason

ijustdey:


https://guardian.ng/news/how-removing-native-name-from-my-cv-got-me-uk-job-offers-nigerian/

Ride on bro .

To get job in the UK , If I have to change name I go change o
Igo even publish am for punch

gypsey:
I have being using my IGBO last name since i was born in East london for more than 30 year I had the same problem right from the very first day in college, at one point it didn't bother me anymore. There is no way i am changing my last name, to what? Williams? Hosford? Norman? No way!

When I changed it ones or twice to an English translation "Kings" everything went smoothly until i changed it back since then i thought bollocks! to them! The pakis and Turks are using their muslim names like Khan, Uzgur, Tarik, Osman, mohamed and Chakrabati so what is wrong with using mine. Fork em!

But sometimes they reject people for jobs not because of their last names but because they are born in nigeria or holds a nigerian nationality sadly. Even Ghanians with their Ghanian last names still get decent jobs...

But i think things has changed in recent years people are employed now in cities regardless of their last names or country of origin..

In Wales it might be different because they are still sort of bacwards.

Have you ever visited Naija?

Nuttella:
They are not serious at all, if they can call russian names, I wonder why they can't call your name, what an awesome excuse.

Hi Nutella
I sent you DM. I need to ask you sth

After I encountered Similar experience, I give out my name depending on the environment I find myself but to be candid, my English name is the most popular one for now. Anytime people who are not from my side wants to pronounce my main name, they pronounced it as if they've lost four teeth.

Backlaw406:

Have you ever visited Naija?

Yes! Several times, I was there last year's christmas