Orie

/O-ree-ay/ unisex surname Abia Anambra Ebonyi Enugu Imo Rivers Delta

Also spelled Oye

Tone-marked spelling: Orie

One of the four market days of the Igbo week.

A dialectal varVariation. of Oye

Cultural context

Orie and its related names are given to children born on the market day. It honours the spirit of the day in which the child was born.

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