Vanguard News Why Igbo attach importance to names On • Some people believe that names connote good or bad luck • Names of communities reflect their roots • Our names immortalize our linage —Nveneh, Ishi-Ozalla PG • They reflect the attachment of the people to their god —Akwukwegbu • Names have ancestral meanings in Igboland —Obasi •Ohanaeze chieftains in a meeting By Anayo Okoli, Vincent Ujumadu, Dennis Agbo, Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Ugochukwu Alaribe, Chinedu Adonu, Chinonso Alozie, Ikechukwu Odu & Steve Oko NDIGBO attach a lot of importance to the names they bear; both individual names and names of their communities. There are varied reasons for this. The names are so valued that in case of community names, any attempt to change it without the agreement of the entire community always led to crisis.