Okorie
A traditional Igbo day name for a boy born on Orie, one of four days in the old Igbo market week.
Meaning and origin
Okorie combines oke, the element marking a male child, with Orie, one of the four days of the pre-colonial Igbo week alongside Eke, Afọ and Nkwọ, so it named a son born on an Orie market day.
How to pronounce Okorie
| Igbo (Nigeria) | oh-KOR-ee-eh /okɔ́rìè/ |
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