COMMON EWE NAMES AND THEIR MEANING.

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Ewe poeple have names which glorify God almighty long before the europeans arrived in the 15th century
The white ppl did not teach us ewe people God. We knew God (Mawu sogbolisah/ Mawu kitikata) before dis europeans brought christianity in the 18th century. So dont be fooled see d name below n judge for urself

COMMON EWE NAMES AND THEIR MEANING.

Aƒefa:👉🏿Peaceful house/calm house
Aƒeke:👉🏿 Root of the house
Aƒelete:👉🏿Established home
Agbe:👉🏿Life
Agbeko:👉🏿If only there is life
Agbemabiase:👉🏿Life can’t question destiny
Agbemaƒle:👉🏿Life can’t be bought/Life is priceless
Agbenyefia:👉🏿Life is the king
Agbenyega:👉🏿Life is the greatest
Agbenyo:👉🏿Life is good
Agbesi:👉🏿In the hands of life
Akɔfa: Comfort/Peaceful heart
Akɔfala: Consoler/comforter
Akpe:👉🏿Thanks
Akpenamawu:👉🏿Thank God
Akpene:👉🏿Thank thee
Amenyo:👉🏿Human is good
Ameteƒe:👉🏿Replacement/Advocate (a son whose father died before his birth)
Amewu/Amewuga: Human is precious than money
Asiwome:👉🏿In thy hands
Aseye:👉🏿Praises
Awoe:👉🏿He (God) will do
Awoenam:👉🏿He (God) will do it for me
Blewu:👉🏿Slow/Patient
Bubune:👉🏿Honour onto Him(God)
Butsɔme:👉🏿Think of tomorrow
Butsɔmekpɔ:👉🏿Think of tomorrow n see
Dela:👉🏿Savior/redeemer
Deladem:👉🏿The savior redeems me
Delali:👉🏿The savior lives/The redeemer lives
Delana:👉🏿The savior gives
Delanya:👉🏿The savior knows
Delasi:👉🏿In the savior’s hands/The saviors has heard
Desiadenyo:👉🏿All is good
Dodzi:👉🏿Fortitude
Dogbeda:👉🏿Pray
Dɔmenyo:👉🏿Kindness
Dzidedi:👉🏿Comfort
Dzidudu:👉🏿Victory
Dzidula:👉🏿Conqueror
Dzidzeme:👉🏿Peaceful heart
Dzidzor:👉🏿Joy/Happiness
Dzidzorm:👉🏿Am happy
Dziedzorm:👉🏿Glad i am
Dzifa:👉🏿Comfort/Peace at heart
Dzigbɔdi:👉🏿Patient
Dzɔdzoe:👉🏿Righteous/Just
Dzɔgbenyui:👉🏿Good luck
Edem:👉🏿He (God) has saved me/He (God) has delivered me
Edemi:👉🏿He (God) has saved us/He (God) has delivered us
Edudzi:👉🏿He (God) has vanquish
Edotom:👉🏿He (God) has heed me
Edotomi:👉🏿He (God) has heard us
Edrɔlali:👉🏿The judge lives
Edinam:👉🏿Am lucky
Edinami:👉🏿We are lucky
Edzɔdzi:👉🏿 It makes happiness
Edzɔdzinam:👉🏿It made me happy
Edzɔdzinawo:👉🏿It made them happy
Edzɔdzinami:👉🏿It made us happy
Efakor/Efakornam:👉🏿He (God) has comforted me
Ɛhenyuive:👉🏿Bringer of joy
Ekplɔm:👉🏿He (God) leads me
Eleagbe:👉🏿He (God) is alive
Eli:👉🏿He (God) lives
Elinam:👉🏿He (God) lives for me
Elinami:👉🏿He (God) lives for us
Elivava:👉🏿He (God) lives truely
Elikplim:👉🏿He (God) is with me
Elikplimi:👉🏿He (God) is with us
Elikɛ:👉🏿Rooted in solid ground/established
Elikɛm:👉🏿He (God) has established/fortified me
Elikɛmi:👉🏿He (God) has established/fortified us
Elemawusi:👉🏿In the hands of God
Elolo:👉🏿He (God) is great
Etriakɔ:👉🏿He (God) is undefeatable
Elɔm:👉🏿He (God) loves me
Elɔmi:👉🏿He (God) loves us
Emefa:👉🏿The is calm
Ena:👉🏿He (God) gives
Enam:👉🏿He (God) gives me
Enami:👉🏿He (God) gives us
Enya:👉🏿He (God) knows
Enyam:👉🏿He (God) knows me
Enyami:👉🏿He (God) knows us
Enyo:👉🏿It’s good
Enyonam:👉🏿It’s good for me
Ese:👉🏿He (God) hears
Esenam:👉🏿He (God) has heard me
Eselali:👉🏿The hearer (God) lives
Eselase:👉🏿The hearer (God) had heard
Esinu:👉🏿Waiting upon the Lord
Etɔ:👉🏿Belongs to him (God)/He (God) has answered
Etɔnam:👉🏿He (God) has answered me
Etɔnami:👉🏿He (God) has answered us
Etɔna:👉🏿He (God) answers
Eyra:👉🏿He (God) blesses
Eyiram:👉🏿He (God) has blessed me/Am blessed
Eyirami:👉🏿He (God) has blessed us/We are blessed
Eyrae:👉🏿He (God) has blessed him/her
Ewe/Ewoe:👉🏿He (God) has done it
Ewenan/Ewoenam:👉🏿He (God) has done it for me
Ewenami/Ewoenami:👉🏿He (God) has done it for us
Exɔnam:👉🏿He ( God) has saved/rescued me
Fafa:👉🏿Peace/calmness
Fafali:👉🏿There is peace/calmness
Fiavi:👉🏿Prince/Princess
Tsoeke:👉🏿Forgive
Tsoekewo:👉🏿Forgive them
Foli:👉🏿First son
Gameli:👉🏿There is time
Ganyo:👉🏿Money is good
Galevo:👉🏿Money is different
Ganyebusu:👉🏿money is evil
Gayra:Bless again
Gayram:👉🏿Bless me again
Gayrami:👉🏿Bless us again
Kafui:👉🏿Praise him(God)
Kekeli/Kekle: Light/ brightness
Kle:👉🏿Shine /bright
Klenam:👉🏿Shine for me
Klenami:👉🏿Shine for us
Kplɔm:👉🏿Lead me
Kplɔla:👉🏿Leader/shepherd
Lebenam:👉🏿Take good care of me
Lebene:Take good care of him/her/it
Lɔm:👉🏿Love/adore me
Lɔlɔnyo:👉🏿Love is good/Is good to love
Lɔlɔ:👉🏿Love
Lɔne:👉🏿Agree for him/her
Mawuƒɛmɔ:👉🏿God’s way
Mawuko:👉🏿Only God/Except God
Mawunyo:👉🏿God is good
Mawusi:👉🏿In God’s hands
Mawuli:👉🏿God lives
Mawulinam:👉🏿God lives for me
Mawulɔm:👉🏿God loves me
Mawuena:👉🏿It’s God who gave
Mawuenam:👉🏿It’s God who gave me
Mawunya:👉🏿God knows/God’s word
Mawulikplim:👉🏿God is with me
Mawulikplimi:👉🏿God is with us
Mawuenyega:👉🏿God is the greatest
Mawuse:👉🏿God hears
Mawulolo:👉🏿God is great
Mawutor:👉🏿Belongs to God/God has answered
Mawueyram:👉🏿It’s God who blessed me
Wawuworge:👉🏿God will do it
Mawuwoe:👉🏿God has done it
Makafui:👉🏿I will praise him (God)
Maziŋpki:👉🏿I’ll be silent
Morkpɔkpɔ:👉🏿Hope
Nalikem:👉🏿Establish/Fortify me
Nuna:👉🏿Gift
Nunana:👉🏿Gift/Talent
Nunya:👉🏿Knowledge/wisdom
Nunyati:👉🏿Tree of knowledge/wisdom
Nuku:👉🏿Wonder
Nukunu/Ŋkunu miracle
Nyuitɔ:👉🏿Perfect/Best
Se:👉🏿Law/Destiny/Fate
Sedem:👉🏿Destiny/Fate has saved/delivered me
Sedemi:👉🏿Destiny/Fate has saved/delivered us
Sedinam:👉🏿Destiny/Fate made me lucky
Sedotom:👉🏿 Destiny has heard me
Sedufia:👉🏿Destiny/Fate is crown king
Sedudzi:👉🏿Destiny/Fate has triumph
Sefakor:👉🏿Destiny/Fate has comforted me
Sefadzi:👉🏿Destiny/Fate has given me solace
Seli:👉🏿Destiny/Fate lives
Selinam:👉🏿Destiny/Fate lives for me
Seyiram:👉🏿Destiny/Fate has blessed me
Seyirami:👉🏿Destiny/Fate has blessed us
Selɔm:👉🏿Destiny/Fate loves me.
Sesi/Seshi:👉🏿In the hands of destiny/Fate
Sesɛ:👉🏿Destiny/Fate hears
Sena:👉🏿Destiny/fate gives
Senam:👉🏿Destiny gives me/Destiny’s gift to me
Sename:👉🏿Destiny’s gift to mankind
Senya:👉🏿Destiny knows
Selase:👉🏿The hearer (God) has heard
Senyo:👉🏿Destiny/Fate is good
Sedotom:👉🏿Destiny/Fate has heard me
Setɔ:👉🏿Belongs to Destiny/ Destiny has answered
Suboe:👉🏿Worship him
Sitso/Sitsoƒe:👉🏿Salvation
Xoese:👉🏿Believe
Xɔse:👉🏿Faith
Xɔnam:👉🏿Save me
Wɔlanyo:👉🏿The creator (God) is good
Vadem:👉🏿Come and save me
Valikem:👉🏿Come and establishe me
Vayram:👉🏿Come and bless me
Vɔmawu:👉🏿Fear God
Yra:👉🏿Bless
Yayra:👉🏿Blessing
Yiram:👉🏿Bless me
Yirami:👉🏿Bless us
Yingɔ:👉🏿Excell
EWE NAMES ARE UNISEX

I’ll like to explain some of the surname in english but it can’t be possible b’cos ewe language has 30 alphabet and english language has 26. English language can never and will never dare to explain our names in their languge example is👇🏿
①Sakumadranyi
②Ɛkudeameŋu
③Xoglimakadu
④Vivɔdzimagbe
⑤Hunexoe
⑥Ɛlegbadzadzi be ɣexixa
⑦Hagbalemashiʋu

DO U THINK THOSE👆🏿NAMES CAN BE TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH😁

Credit: Dzifa Gunu


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