https://twistlock.ca What's The Story Behind My Naija Name? Wed, 27 Jun 2018 14:46:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://twistlock.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-nn-fav-32x32.png https://twistlock.ca 32 32 https://twistlock.ca/musa/ Wed, 13 Jun 2018 05:16:28 +0000 http://naija.name/?p=502 Musa is an Arabic name that translates to “Moses” in English which means saved from the water. According to the a Jewish Roman scholar the name comes from ancient Egyptian origins, derived from mo (water) and uses (to save), forming the meaning “saved from the water”. Prophet Musa was an infant when his mother put him in the river, which carried him to the Egyptian Pharaoh’s lands, where he was found and saved.

]]> https://twistlock.ca/danladi/ Sat, 09 Jun 2018 22:07:43 +0000 http://naija.name/?p=434 A boy child born on a Sunday.

]]> https://twistlock.ca/yakubu/ Fri, 01 Jun 2018 21:48:39 +0000 http://naija.name/?p=106 This name is a variation of the Biblical name Jacob which means one who follows on another’s heels. Also a sup-planter. ( Genesis 25:26 ; 27:36 ; Hosea 12:2-4 ). Mostly Hausa or Fulani name but can be borne by anyone from any region with a Muslim background.

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