At a Glance
- Meaning
- Kinship/family bond is supreme
- Origin
- Igbo (compound personal name)
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- nwah-NEH-kah
Nwanneka is an Igbo (compound personal name) girl's name meaning “kinship/family bond is supreme”. It appears in our list of 125+ Igbo Baby Names From the Heart of Nigeria.
Meaning & Origin of Nwanneka
Meaning: Kinship/family bond is supreme.
Origin: Igbo (compound personal name).
A common claim: Sometimes glossed as "the sibling is mother." Actually: That phrasing just restates the literal roots inside the word "nwanne" itself (child-of-mother = sibling) rather than giving a separate meaning; the name as a whole is better read as "kinship is supreme."
How to Pronounce Nwanneka
nwah-NEH-kahIPA /ŋwaˈnɛka/
Popularity of Nwanneka
Nwanneka doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Nwanneka
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