name
Ikenna
ee-KEN-nah
iːˈkɛnːɑːListen
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Syllable breakdown
Ikenna
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Igbo (Nigeria)
- Meaning
- an Igbo masculine name meaning the power of the father, built from ike (power, strength, force) and nna (father); the name declares that the child embodies or inherits the power of his father and by extension the patrilineal line; in Igbo culture the father's strength — physical, social, economic, and spiritual — is understood to flow to his children, and names like Ikenna make this transmission explicit, publicly announcing that the child carries his father's power into the world; ike-based names are common in Igbo because power and strength are among the most valued qualities in Igbo male identity; the father (nna) is also a term applied to God and ancestral spirits, so Ikenna can carry the additional meaning of the power of the divine father, adding a theophoric dimension alongside the lineage meaning
- Gender
- male
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