INSIDE LIFE WITH GBEMI: NAMES!!!
NAMES! NAMES!! NAMES!!!
When you meet a person for the first time and you want to get to know that person, the first thing to do is to get the person's name. In this thing called life, name is actually very important. In fact, your name is your identity. Some tribes in Nigeria, particularly the Yoruba tribe are very meticulous about names. This is why they sometimes tend to give their children names according to the circumstances surrounding their birth e.g. names like "Abidemi" are given to children whose fathers were not around when they were born, or "Babtunde" or they give very long names (names that the space given on waec answer sheet could not contain😁 e.g "Jesuwapelumititilai"😂). I remember then in 2015 when parents were all giving their kids Goodluck because of the former president of Nigeria. Any 5 year old child bearing Goodluck was born during Goodluck Evele Jonathan's time as president.
I once met a little boy called "Overtake" and I could not stop laughing. At first I actually thought it was a nickname for the little boy until I heard someone call his dad, 'Daddy Overtake". Another funny name I heard recently is "Vindication". Like we know God answered your prayers na, why do you have to inflict the poor child with such a name. What on earth happened to names like Joseph, Samuel, etc. Seriously we really need to chill on this name thing because names are for life and let's not expose the innocent children to unnecessary teasing.
Post by : Ojole Omogbeminiyi Rotade
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When you meet a person for the first time and you want to get to know that person, the first thing to do is to get the person's name. In this thing called life, name is actually very important. In fact, your name is your identity. Some tribes in Nigeria, particularly the Yoruba tribe are very meticulous about names. This is why they sometimes tend to give their children names according to the circumstances surrounding their birth e.g. names like "Abidemi" are given to children whose fathers were not around when they were born, or "Babtunde" or they give very long names (names that the space given on waec answer sheet could not contain😁 e.g "Jesuwapelumititilai"😂). I remember then in 2015 when parents were all giving their kids Goodluck because of the former president of Nigeria. Any 5 year old child bearing Goodluck was born during Goodluck Evele Jonathan's time as president.
I once met a little boy called "Overtake" and I could not stop laughing. At first I actually thought it was a nickname for the little boy until I heard someone call his dad, 'Daddy Overtake". Another funny name I heard recently is "Vindication". Like we know God answered your prayers na, why do you have to inflict the poor child with such a name. What on earth happened to names like Joseph, Samuel, etc. Seriously we really need to chill on this name thing because names are for life and let's not expose the innocent children to unnecessary teasing.
Post by : Ojole Omogbeminiyi Rotade
Facebook: Ojole Gbemi Rotade
Instagram: rotade_o
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