Romantic Igbo pet names to call your wife or girlfriend & their meaning

Meaning: Look and miss work.

It means someone who is extremely beautiful, so much that you can get lost in admiring her and forget to go to work/show up at your job.

Meaning: She is beautiful even without showering.

The name is used to describe a lady who looks beautiful even without showering or without any makeup. Once she wakes up in the morning, she already has that gorgeous appearance.

Meaning: Python’s Egg

The name is used for someone or anything that is very rare and special. Python’s egg doesn’t come by easily. It is very rare to see and also special, hence the pet name, Akwa Eke.

Meaning: A child that God created on church day/a Sunday.

It means someone who God took his time to create and created him/her on a special day.

Meaning: Always in my heart

A pet name or romantic name for someone that you always think about and will always love. A man or a woman can be called this name by his or her lover.

Meaning: A woman who knows her husband’s heart

A wife who perfectly understands her husband is called nwanyi ma obi di ya. 

Meaning: The consumer of my wealth

Igbo men take pride in taking care of their wives, so when an Igbo man calls you ‘Oriaku’m’, it means his wealth and resources are for your taking. It doesn’t mean you are a gold digger but means you are the special one whose right it is to spend his money.

Literal translation: The woman that I use in making mouth/boasting

Meaning: The woman that I boast about or that I brag about.

Meaning: Foreign Mirror

Someone whose beauty or presence radiates and easily grabs attention

Meaning: Shines like an eagle

The eagle is a very majestic bird with a shiny, beautiful, and bold presence. The eagle symbolizes glory & excellence in the Igbo tribe. So a woman that is called Achalugo is a woman known for excellence, strength, and grace.

The name Eggovin Nwa is coined from the drink seen in the picture below. As you can see the drink has a clear orange color. So a lady with clear, smooth skin, just as the drink is usually called Eggovin Nwa. Just like we used to call some of our friends yellow Fanta when we were kids.

Meaning: Egg/Egg-like child

Eggs are held and treated delicately. Eggs are never rough-handled. So a woman who deserves to be treated with care and love is called akwa nwa

Literal Translation in English: Don’t come under the sun

Meaning: Someone who is too delicate for the sun. Lack of sun exposure leads to a decrease in melanin production and hence leads to lighter complexion. Ladies with tender skin and lighter complexion are called the pet name ‘Apuna-anwa’.

Meaning: Stays in the King’s place/Palace

As you already know, it is only items and people of royalty or high value that stay in the King’s house, you won’t find worthless or useless items or even individuals in the King’s house. So when you call someone Odibeze, it means that the person is precious, of high value, or royal.

Meaning: Child or baby that is better than money

Meaning: Daughter that is pleasing to all.

A girl who is loved and cherished by the people is referred to as Ada dị ọra mma

Meaning: Rare to find among the living

A name for someone that is very rare and almost impossible to replace.

A pet name for a woman that is fresh and good-looking.

This pet name has been around for so long. Back then, tomatoes were transported from Jos in Nigeria to other parts of the country and the tomatoes from there are usually very fresh and succulent. So a woman who is fresh and soft is called the nickname ‘Tomato Jos’.