name
Adaeze
ah-dah-EH-zeh
ɑdɑˈɛzeɪListen
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Adaeze
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Igbo (Nigeria)
- Meaning
- a feminine Igbo name meaning daughter of the king or princess, from ada (first daughter or daughter) and eze (king, ruler, chief); in Igbo social organisation, the first daughter holds a special ritual status — she may perform certain ancestral ceremonies, mediate family disputes, and maintain the family shrine; Adaeze therefore names not just a royal lineage but a specific social function and spiritual responsibility; contemporary bearers of the name navigate its traditional weight within modern Nigerian society, where Igbo women have been prominent in literature, entrepreneurship, and public life, and where the name carries both cultural pride and a claim to dignity and leadership
- Gender
- female
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