Nnenne

/N-nay-n-nay/ female given name Abia Imo Rivers

Tone-marked spelling: Nnenne

The mother's mother.

Etymology

Nnenne derives from the Igbo word: 'Nne' meaning 'mother'. 'Nnenne' simply alludes to two mothers in successive generations. That is the child's maternal grandmother.

Cultural context

This name given to a female child in honour of her maternal grandmother.

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