Every Ijaw person reading this thread with utter disappointment at the absolute lack of creativity in the names.
I know a guy "Joe" always thought it was short for Joseph or something, until I saw him write "Geography" as his first name. https://twitter.com/Marapolsa/status/1042680679887241217
You have no idea how difficult it was for an 8 year old me, to keep a straight face when a guy was introduced as "Bournvita". I was dying inside, and my mum was standing next to me like.
@TamaraPosibi just said someone in her village is called "Density". I wasn't there, but I can assure you guys, when his dad announced the name, his family/friends went
Some might think they just like the sound of the words, but don't know the meanings.
Lol, couldn't be farther from the truth. Wait till someone translates some wicked names in Ijaw, then you'll understand our fathers just want to fuck shit up.
In line with the tradition of my fathers before me, I already planned to fuck my kids up, but my son was born and I just had mercy for the poor boy and changed his name from "Attendance". My family would have been impressed.
Oh, I just remembered my mum's neighbor "Adonkie", he simply couldn't spell his name right because imagine "I don't care" as your first name? He had to do something creative with it.
I have met a member of the Dimaro family, but I just learnt the meaning of the name courtesy @dimaro_tope and this is exactly what I'm talking about. Only an Ijaw man would name his child "DIvisional MARine Officer", so "Dimaro" is the acronym used. #Wicked
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