We are not all John and or Sally Doesn’t mean our names are less appealing or important They aren’t more appealing or important either Still they matter much to us Mine “Olúbùnmi” joyfully given by 2 adoring parents In its entirety means “God gives me” And He does over and over again Orúkọ rọ mi So next time you want to say my name Please do respectfully without the irritating sniggers And side comments about what sort of name it is… Call it as you see it or at least try (no laughter required) Then go about your usual business As you would if you called a John and or Sally *And so I reveal my real(first) name*
Feb26
Sis, you ROCK. John and Sally are jealous of such a meaningful name,
Thanks Susan. I remember you saying write something about your name…well after my encounter today…this sort of came out lol. Thanks Olufunmilayo
You are too sweet! So some idiot mispronounced your name and had the idiocy to laugh about it? Grrrrr.
YEP…and she said…why am I not getting John and Sallys’ today lol…cos the lady after also had an ethnic name (India) I think
Why would anyone think it would be okay to find someone else’s name funny? Grrr. Like how you wrote about it.
Lol, ignorance I guess. Thanks so much
Beautiful name, Olúbùnmi. Although my name isn’t as complicated as yours, people stumble over it sometimes. Boomiebol is easier to say, and is as lovely as your given name.
Yea I think any name that is remotely different from the typical name is subject to been butchered lol. I knew an Elissa in college…lovely girl too.
Thanks so much.
Hey, nice to know. Even me, I couldn’t guess from your pen-name.
Really lol…yea I used Boomie from college days…I thought it was an easier variation of Bunmi.
Oh I love this and your name. I so wish I could hear you say it as I think it would sound as beautiful as you are. Bless you and thank you.
You are darling Red, thanks so much. I feel my confidence is growing lol, one of these days I just might share a video or an audio
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Much love always, thanks so much
People can be so rude!
I know right lol.
When I came to Britain and I stayed with some people from church, they asked my name. I told them, they asked again, I told them again, Then they gave up. “Never mind” they said, we just call you Harry. How’s that?
What? No way…is your name close to Harry?
Olúbùnmi
That is a wonderful name.
But now I feel bad! My name is only “Joe”!
I have learned so much about you from your poetry. It is good now to know your first name. Thanks for sharing it.
Joe is just as wonderful. To someone outside my tribe…my name is beautiful, unique, and all that. But in truth it is one of the most common Yoruba names, and as a child I wondered why I didn’t have a more special name…these days I know better
Thanks so much
Mmmmm. I’ve always been curious. Thank you for revealing a little more about the REAL you. And what a beautiful, joyful name it is too. Kim.*
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You are most kind Kim, thanks so much
Olúbùnmi take a bow beautiful lady.
Bowing amidst applause lol. Thanks so much
Beautiful post, beautiful name, for a beautiful lady.
They say ignorance is bliss! I love it when people are ignorant, I LOVE throwing it back in their face with some witty comment they wern’t expecting. Then I say, ohhh yes, it’s not okay anymore is it..that’s what I thought! You go girl! Unleash that sass!
I would love to hear you say your name on a video sometime. I’d love to hear your voice too. I got to hear and watch a blogger “She’s a Maineiac” do a Q&A video awhile back and it was cool for a lot of reasons. I had a mental picture of her and her personality and I got to to see very different and also very cool additional aspects of her and her personaility. It was fun. I’ll bet a video with you as the star would be a lot of fun too!
Russ
I am too self-conscious and do not exactly like the sound of my own voice, but who knows, this blog and all the kind people are making more confident than ever these days
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Thank you so much
I can imagine Twinnie – My real name get’s mispronounced quite a bit & I think it’s so simple. I love your name. It sounds poetic just like you!
Olúbùnmi
xoxo
I love your name, it is soft and beautiful. Thanks Twinnie
I love the name! “Scott” is a bit jealous, though he is glad that he is he.
Thank so much. I like Scott
Beautiful meaningful name > Olúbùnmi
I feel sorry for people who make fun of others – including their names.
Luv you and a great big hugz,
Eric
Thank you so much Eric. It’s indeed amazing how people look down on unfamiliar names or make fun of them.
Lovely name and meaning, nice to know, Olubunmi,
Thanks so much Ute
Nice. and what is your oriki, daughter of Oduduwa?
I have so many. My mom used to say it every morning when we woke up…I know Ajibobola is one of the many
You can call me everything, just not early up in the morning…
Excellent written – Olubunmi is a lovely name…
When I started in school we were 6 boy out of 14 who had the same first name in the same class – so no one of us were called our real first name…
hehehe…thanks so much. In college I was in a team and all the guys in that team were named Chris lol.
Big smiles
What a beautiful name. You know I have always loved the sound of Nigerian names, without even knowing the meanings.
Lol, thanks so much sis
What a great name!!!!!!!!
Thanks Resa
Olubunmi yeee, ma pami lekun o, Olubunmi mi owon! This song just came to my mind, can’t even remember the dude who sang it! Lovely name dear!
I think it’s lovely. And awesome to know your real name!
Thanks so much Lily
That is a Yoruba name, isn’t it?
Yes it is
Do you understand Yoruba? I am looking for somebody who can translate texts of Haruna Ishola to me (see http://asifoscope.org/2013/02/09/is-music-the-universal-language-of-mankind/). That is maybe not the music of your generation, but I love it.
Just ignore my last question.
Oh my!!’ I don’t think I saw the last question, truth is I haven’t exactly had time to visit my blog. I’m so sorry
Sorry, I did not mean it like that. I just thought I am asking too much because transcribing and translating those texts would actually be a large amount of work. I should pay somebody for it but don’t have the money at the moment.