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KWEMTOO [Kwe m too (kaa nka)  = Allow me to grow (to old age)]

 

Interpretation:  The name from northwestern, riverine Igbo suggests a parent pleading with death to allow the son a full life before  striking -- for death in Igbo is a king that must eventually be crowned. In most cases, the name giver has had a previous early-life visit from death; in which s/he pleads with death to delay another visit until the child has lived a full life.

 

Other names in this  category include: Onwụegbunem, Onwuarugbulem,  (Death, don’t kill me - yet) Ozoemene (may it not happen again–early death, that is)  Ọnwụbiko, and Ọnwụkaa (Death, please! is); Onwubiko or Onwukaa  (Death, please!); Onwuchekwe (Death, wait awhile!)

 

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DWV: Kwemto, Kwemtoh, Kwentoh, Kwentto, Kwentto, Kwenttoh, Kwemtookaanka

Gender: Mostly Male