Lady Mentions Her Igbo Name, Shares Why She Stopped Using it, Her Reason Generates Buzz
- A young Nigerian lady has disclosed online that she no longer uses her Igbo name, despite its uniqueness
- The Igbo lady gave a backstory about how she came up with the name 'Tonia', which she is known as on social media
- She shared her unique Igbo name and its meaning, but noted that non-Igbos find it difficult to pronounce
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A lady, known on TikTok as Tonia, has opened up about why she stopped using her Igbo name.
While most people on social media know her as Tonia, the lady said the name was not her choice.
Source: TikTok
Lady's unique Igbo name and its meaning
Tonia, in a TikTok video, stated her Igbo name and its meaning, noting that it is unique.
The Igbo lady narrated how she began identifying with the name Tonia.
While taking her common entrance in a secondary school, the receptionist settled on Tonia from her whole name, and she accepted it.
She said Tonia is on all her documents, but in primary school and at home, she is called by her Igbo name Chisimnulia, which means 'God said I should rejoice.' She said:
"To most of the people that know me today, my name is Tonia, and that's the name I go by online.
"But it wasn't even really by choice. When I was taking my common entrance for the secondary school I ended up going to, the receptionist looked at my whole name and just said Tonia.
"And I said, 'Oh, yes, Tonia. That's me.'
"And that's just how Tonia came about, and that was how I just went by Tonia from then on.
"Tonia is my first name on all my documentation, but in primary school and in my house, everyone calls me by my Igbo name, which is Nulia - short for Chisimnulia, which means 'God said I should rejoice.'
"I have never heard anyone with that name. My mum, I don't even know where she said she heard the name. But, yeah, it is pretty unique and also pretty difficult for non-Igbo people to pronounce..."
Source: TikTok
Watch her video below:
Reactions trail lady's Igbo name
Legit.ng has compiled some reactions to the lady's Igbo name below:
Añuli 🦋 said:
"And yeah my name has that ñ sound too. Imo’s call me Anuri and some people call me Anwuli. I don’t answer to any cz I always tell them that’s not my name but I really like my name and don’t want to answer to some other name. One time my brother started calling me Ani and I was like abeg x3. Even my coworkers who are white call me Añul."
Ana ebgu achala Ona eto said:
"You miss the opportunity to have a unique name any Igbo will love to give their kids."
Ucee♥️ said:
"Your Igbo name is so sweet. I don thief am for my baby."
Charles Ugochukwu said:
"It's a beautiful name. I'll give my first daughter that name- Chisimnulia."
🥹MA~KUO~CHI❤️✨ said:
"My name is Makuochukwu, I hated my name so bad dat I changed it cause where I live(Yoruba land), I never heard anyone bearing my name. it made me so sad till my Godmother told me the meaning of my name and named her child after me🤭.then I started liking it, and I changed it back and now I tell people my name and they even tend to like it than my English name."
Engeey said:
"If that was my Igbo name, I’m ditching the English one."
ola <3 said:
"Chisimnulia is so cool! Hello?! Adding it to my probable baby names list."
sunshine🌞🌻🌸💐 said:
"That's my younger sisters name. We call her chimsy now. This is the first time I've heard someone with that name omds."
In a related story, Legit.ng reported that a Nigerian lady named America had gone viral on social media.
Student trends due to her surname
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a female student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University had gone viral due to her surname, which lecturers struggled to pronounce.
The lady, who hails from Nando in Anambra state, said her surname is a case study and posted a short clip from her class presentation.
The high point of the clip was when she had to say her full name and pronounce her unusual surname.
Source: Legit.ng
