I remember one time my mum met my friend and when she heard her name is Linda, mumc, with shock in her eyes, asked her 'do you know the meaning on your name?' my friend said No and my mum said 'you don't know that Linda means snake?' my friend shock her head as she tried to hold in her laughter.
My mum asked her what her igbo name is and she said Ebele. That one sweet my mama. She said 'eheh, better'.
She never called that my friend Linda, ever.
Nigerian parents are so dramatic ππ