What is the logic behind ''Ingli-Igbo'' names?
Friday, Sunday, Monday, and (to a lesser extent) Saturday are English words representing names of week days. In Igboland and the entire geographical South-Eastern (Igbo and non-Igbo) part of Nigeria these names are borne by MALE human beings as a mark of their birth day. To the best of my knowledge no other group of people on the planet bear these names; and there is no FEMALE Eastern Nigerian with these names, either. It is exclusively for males. On the flip side, however, specifically among the Igbo, females bear similar names, but this time in Igbo language. There is Mgbeke, Mgbafo, Mgborie and perhaps, Mgbankwo, representing traditional Igbo market days of the week. Curiously, these Igbo versions are not limited to FEMALES. Thus, there is Nworie, Nwankwo, Nweke and Nwafor, borne by MALES. I have always wondered what the logic is about some of the week day names as listed above with respect to gender segregation. Moreover, why do Eastern Nigerian parents not name their children Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday?

FSU:
What is the logic behind ''Ingli-Igbo'' names?
Friday, Sunday, Monday, and (to a lesser extent) Saturday are English words representing names of week days. In Igboland and the entire geographical South-Eastern (Igbo and non-Igbo) part of Nigeria these names are borne by MALE human beings as a mark of their birth day. To the best of my knowledge no other group of people on the planet bear these names; and there is no FEMALE Eastern Nigerian with these names, either. It is exclusively for males. On the flip side, however, specifically among the Igbo, females bear similar names, but this time in Igbo language. There is Mgbeke, Mgbafo, Mgborie and perhaps, Mgbankwo, representing traditional Igbo market days of the week. Curiously, these Igbo versions are not limited to FEMALES. Thus, there is Nworie, Nwankwo, Nweke and Nwafor, borne by MALES. I have always wondered what the logic is about some of the week day names as listed above with respect to gender segregation. Moreover, why do Eastern Nigerian parents not name their children Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday?

Wrong. These names exist outside SE. Common in SS. Friday & Sunday are not that rare in SW either. Remember former police IG Sunday Ehindero?

The late Sunday Awoniyi was Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum, the Northern Nigerian organisation and he came from NC.

I know some siblings outside SE called Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday respectively. Only Monday & Sunday are missing.

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Wrong. These names exist outside SE. Common in SS. Friday & Sunday are not that rare in SW either. Remember former police IG Sunday Ehindero?

The late Sunday Awoniyi was Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum, the Northern Nigerian organisation and he came from NC.

I know some siblings outside SE called Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday respectively. Only Monday & Sunday are missing.

Post says Geographical South-Eastern (Igbo and non-Igbo) You know what it means to say geographical SE and not political SE, right? Anyways, you are correct about Sunday Ehindero and Awoniyi. But those names are not as rampant in the geographical SW as they are in geographical SE

FSU:


Post says Geographical South-Eastern (Igbo and non-Igbo) You know what it means to say geographical SE and not political SE, right? Anyways, you are correct about Sunday Ehindero and Awoniyi. But those names are not as rampant in the geographical SW as they are in geographical SE

I am talking of areas that are not in anyway South East. Geographically or politically.