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Why don’t we bear names from other regions in Nigeria?

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Wait ooó my people, I'm just thinking ooó, please it's just me wondering, perhaps you can say I'm not in touch with reality after I air my mind...  But I'm just thinking if in Nigeria we can adopt  ‘oyinbo’  (white) people's names, what stops us from bearing names from other regions or ethnic groups in  Nigeria  where we are not originally from. The funniest part is that some of us bearing those white people's names from cultures that are completely foreign to us, don't even know the meaning let alone the origin. Think about it, is that not a pity?! I mean what stops a  Yoruba  man from bearing an  Igbo  name, or an  Igbo  man bearing a  Hausa  name, and  Hausa  man bearing an  Edo  man’s name. What stops an Igbo man from bearing a  Hausa  man’s name? Why can’t a  Hausa  man bear  Chinedu ? Tell me, will an  Igbo  man die if he bears  Magaji , or...