Ngozi

From ada ("first-born daughter" — a standing every eldest Igbo daughter holds) + eze ("king"): "the king's first daughter" / "princess." Shortened to Ada.

From Chi ("God") + a-ma-ka ("is more beautiful / splendid"): "God is beautiful / God is splendid." Shortened to Amaka.

A sentence name meaning "God is king" (Chi, God + bu eze, is king).

From Chi + dị ("is") + ebere ("mercy, compassion"): "God is merciful." Shortened to Ebere.

A sentence name meaning "God is good" (Chi, God + di nma, is good). Also spelled Chidimma.

From Chi (one's personal god) + na-edu ("leads, guides"): "God leads / God is the guide." Shortened to Nedu.

A sentence name meaning "God is present" or "God is near" (Chi, God + no nso, is near), used for both boys and girls.

From Chukwu (the supreme God) + dị ("exists, is"): "God exists / God is." Shortened to Chidi.

A sentence name meaning "God has done exceedingly well" (Chukwu, God + emeka, has done well/greatly). Commonly shortened to Emeka.

From ife ("thing") + ọma ("good"): "a good thing." Also used for boys in some areas.

From mgbe ("time, day") + Eke: "on Eke day" — the female counterpart of Nweke, a girl born on Eke.

A sentence name meaning "father has done well" (nna, father + emeka, has done well/greatly).

From nna m ("my father") + dị ("lives, is alive"): "my father lives." Traditionally given to a boy born after the death of his father, grandfather or great-grandfather, believed to be that man returned. Borne by Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria's first president.

From nne ("mother") + ka ("is greater, surpasses"): "mother is supreme." A statement of a mother's standing in the family.

From nne ("mother") + nna ("father"): "father's mother." Given to a girl born after the death of her paternal grandmother, held to be that grandmother returned — the Igbo counterpart to Nnamdi.

From nwa ("child") + Eke (the first of the four Igbo market days): "child of Eke" — a boy born on Eke day.

From obi ("heart, mind") + ọ̀hà / ọ̀rà ("the community, the people"): "the heart of the people" — one the community holds dear. Shortened to Obi.

From oko ("young man, boy") + Afọ (the third Igbo market day): "a boy born on Afọ." Also Nwafor. One of the most common Igbo surnames today, from this naming.

From oko ("young man, boy") + Nkwọ (the last of the four Igbo market days): "a boy born on Nkwọ." The name of the protagonist of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.

From uche ("mind, will, thought") + Chukwu ("God"): "God's will" / "what God intends." Shortened to Uche.

From ugo ("eagle," and by extension honour, distinction, a crown) + Chukwu ("God"): literally "God's eagle," understood as "the crown / glory of God." Shortened to Ugo.

Tamazight for "spring" (the season).

Tamazight for "freedom".

Amharic for "diamond".

Amharic for "orange" (the fruit). Borne by the opposition leader and judge Birtukan Mideksa.

A Hausa feminine given name meaning "gathering" (also used among Yoruba Muslims, reflecting shared Islamic naming influence across northern and southwestern Nigeria).

Kikuyu for "the happy one".

Kikuyu for "she who shapes" or "molder", also the name of the mythic first mother of the Kikuyu people in their origin story (with Gikuyu as the first father).

Maa for "the sweet one".