DISCLAIMER: No offence to people bearing these names o, i am just talking my own.
I wish i was named:
Tinu: Atinuke/ Tinuade/ Tinuola. You get the drift, anything that can be shortened to Tinu
Deyo: Moradeyo
Deke: Moradeke
Wura: Adediwura, not a big fan of Wuraola
Toluwanimi
Oyinkansola, Oyinkansade
Mojoyinade
Mojoyinola
Mojirola
Olufunmilade
Oluwasomidotun
Oluwadabira
Oluwadara
Kanyinsola
Fiyinfoluwa
Fopefoluwa
English names:
Joyce
Hephzibah ( i know it's not english)
Hadassah (Hebrew for Esther)
Caroline (Pls, i'd hate for that beautiful name to be shortened to Caro)
Rachel
For guys:
Xavier (absolutely love that name!)
Charles
Joshua
I think that's it for now. I will update the list as i remember.
Do y'all sometimes wish u had a different name? Please share?
4 comments:
Walai, we are so alike my darling.
I just used to love Michelle when I was younger.
Always prayed to marry into a family with names like Williams, So I can be Temmy Williams, Temmy Doherty, Temmy Shyngle.... oh my... memories!
I was the only one in my house that had all the lovely names I wanted. The rest of my 6 siblings have no english names, and my two younger sisters used to call themselves victoria and caroline lol..
too much jokes on Caro.. so Cherub erm sorry caro how have you been LOL>.
WOW, i WAS WONDERING IF YOU WERE STILL BLOGGING ONLY TO FIND 2 posts in 24 hours! cool!
Those names, especially the Yoruba ones, na helele. I have a niece called Hepzibah. We call her "Hep".
@Temmy: Me too, i used to like all those ajebutter last names.
@LOASCM: Caro's sister, how u dey?
@Solomons: For real, i may steal that one for my 1st daughter.
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