Names as discourse: A study of Igbo female names

Ogbulogo, Charles

doi:10.4314/jcs.v1i1.47390

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“…Studies on the origin and nature of Igbo personal names (anthroponomy) abound (Jell-Bahlsen 1988;Mmadike 2014;Ogbulogo 1999;Okagbue et al 2017;Udoye 2019). These works recognised the place of religion and importance of names in Igbo.…”

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Environmental determinant of religious names: A study of Úgwú and naming among the Nsukka-Igbo people of Nigeria

Agbo

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Okwueze

2022

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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This article makes a contribution towards understanding the correlation between Úgwú (hill or mountain) and personal names among the Igbo people of Nigeria. Sacralisation of the natural environment which include hills or mountains is a belief that cuts across religions. Among the Igbo, the perceived sacred value placed on such natural environment prompted a series of socio-cultural changes. Personal names are usually drawn from deified entities such as the earth, sun, rivers, and so on. Studies on Igbo personal names portrayed the environmental determinant for personal names in different Igbo-subcultures. However, the pattern of Nsukka-Igbo names, influenced specifically by Úgwú has hardly gotten any scholarly attention. This study, therefore, provided evidence that Úgwú is the single most environmental element that shaped the culture of naming among the Nsukka-Igbo people with its psycho-social and economic implications. Drawing from the theory of sacralisation, which stresses on placing religious values on objects, this article showed that the deified Úgwú environment influenced an unprecedented frequency and exclusive nature of Úgwú personal names in the study area. Documentary research, observation and interview methods were used to collect and analyse secondary, as well as primary data for this study. The article drew attention to the increasing influence of Úgwú on personal names in Nsukka-Igbo, and its effects which include the conservation of the environment occasioned by the deification of Úgwú.Contribution: This article shows that the deification of natural environment of Úgwú influenced the increasing frequency of Úgwú personal names and its associated variants among the Nsukka-Igbo people of Nigeria.

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Environmental determinant of religious names: A study of Úgwú and naming among the Nsukka-Igbo people of Nigeria

Agbo

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Okwueze

2022

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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“…This research was as a result of rigorous research gaps observed from the works of numerous authors. Few of which are listed [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] , [29] , [30] , [31] , [32] , [33] , [34] , [35] , [36] , [37] , [38] , [39] , [40] , [41] , [42] , [43] , [44] , [45] , [46] , [47] , [48] .…”

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Personal name in Igbo Culture: A dataset on randomly selected personal names and their statistical analysis

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This data article contains the statistical analysis of Igbo personal names and a sample of randomly selected of such names. This was presented as the following: 1). A simple random sampling of some Igbo personal names and their respective gender associated with each name. 2). The distribution of the vowels, consonants and letters of alphabets of the personal names. 3). The distribution of name length. 4). The distribution of initial and terminal letters of Igbo personal names. The significance of the data was discussed.

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“…Names are comprised of words, phrases, clauses and sentences, and their construction is governed by the grammar of the Igbo language. Other studies have explored Igbo names from the perspectives of gender (Ogbulogo, 1999; Onukawa, 2011), cultural semantics/pragmatics (Onumajuru, 2016; Iloh, 2021), sociology (Mbabuike, 1996) and power relations (Obododinma, 2009; Solomon–Etefia & Ideh, 2019). In all, it has been demonstrated that names are essential components of social and cultural systems that permeate every facet of human experience and life domains.…”

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The Englishisation of personal names in Nigeria

Mensah

2021

English Today

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Naming is a linguistic universal. Every known human society distinguishes and individuates its members by their names. In the context of Africa and beyond, names are not just ordinary labels for the identification of their bearers; they mirror the culture, tradition and worldview of the people. Essien (1986: 5) argues that ‘naming is not an arbitrary affair, it is at once a mental, an emotional, a linguistic and a cultural matter’. It is widely believed that names and naming can influence the personality development and behaviour of their bearers. This claim justifies Camden's (1984: 43) admonition that ‘names should be chosen with good and gracious significations to inspire the bearer to good action’. This implies that people are assumed to live according to the message contained in their names. Significantly, names also embed deep cultural insights that reflect their bearers’ social lives, philosophy, religion, emotions and worldview. African names, for instance, are important cultural and symbolic resources that reflect the peculiarities of the African people, and capture their beliefs, values, identity and personality.

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Names as discourse: A study of Igbo female names

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Environmental determinant of religious names: A study of Úgwú and naming among the Nsukka-Igbo people of Nigeria

Environmental determinant of religious names: A study of Úgwú and naming among the Nsukka-Igbo people of Nigeria

Personal name in Igbo Culture: A dataset on randomly selected personal names and their statistical analysis

The Englishisation of personal names in Nigeria

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