Browse Submitted Names

This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is Nigerian; and the meaning contains the keywords king or queen or ruler or reign or prince.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Adebobajo m Yoruba
Means "the crown suits the king" in Yoruba.
Adia f Igede, Swahili
Means "queen" in Igede and "(valuable) gift" in Swahili, from Hausa adia "gift".
Akeredolu m & f Western African, Yoruba
Means "one who becomes prominent at a young age" or "he who reduces (humbles) himself in order to become king" in Yoruba.
Aladelusi m & f Yoruba
Means "the king has prestige" in Yoruba.
Alaere f Ijaw
Means "queen, woman of substance" in Ijaw.
Ayaba f African American (Rare), Yoruba (Rare), Nigerian (Rare), African (Rare)
From the Yoruba ayaba meaning "queen".
Chukwumaeze m Igbo
Means "God knows the king" in Igbo.
Ezeuzo m Igbo
Means "king of the road" in Igbo.
Maina m Hausa
Means "prince" in Hausa.
Menebue m Ogoni
Means "Paramount Ruler", "Chief of a Community" or simply "A King"
Nwabueze m Igbo
Means "child is king" in Igbo.
Oba m & f Yoruba, Yoruba Mythology
Means "king, ruler" in Yoruba. It can refer to Obaluaye, a spirit associated with infectious disease and healing.
Obafemi m Nigerian, Yoruba
Means "the king loves me" in Yoruba.
Oloruntuba m Yoruba
Means "God is a king" in Yoruba.
Oluwatobiloba f & m Nigerian, Yoruba
Means "the lord is great as king" in Yoruba.
Oluwatoniloba f Yoruba
Means "God is good to have a king" in Yoruba. This is the full given name of the winner of "Germany's Next Top Model" 2018, Oluwatoniloba Dreher-Adnuga.
Otu m Efik
Means "chief; king" in Efik.
Otunba m Yoruba
Means "right-hand of the king" from Yoruba ọ̀tún meaning "right-hand, second-in-command" and ọba meaning "king".
Ovie m Nigerian
Ovie means “King” in Urhobo, a language that belongs to the Urhobo people of Nigeria. It will have baby walking (or crawling) around with all the swagger deserving of a monarch.
Oviegheneomuno m Isoko
Means ”King God has been enthroned" in Isoko.
Sarraounia f Hausa
From the name of Sarraounia Mangou, a Nigerian chief or priestess who fought the French colonial troops of the Voulet–Chanoine Mission at the Battle of Lougou in 1899. According to Wikipedia, her name means "queen" or "female chief".
Tor m Tiv
Means "king" in Tiv.