Nnenna

/N-nay-N-nah/ female given name Abia Anambra Ebonyi Enugu Imo Rivers Delta

Tone-marked spelling: Nnenna

The Father's mother.

i.e. one's paternal grandmother

Etymology

Nnenna derives from the Igbo words: 'Nne' meaning 'mother' and 'Nna' meaning 'father'. That is, the child's paternal grandmother.

Cultural context

This name is given in honor of the paternal grandmother of the named child or in the belief that the paternal grandmother reincarnated in the named child.

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