• Origin: Igbo
• Meaning: “father’s mother.”
• Gender: feminine
• Pronunciation: NEN-nah

The name comes from the Igbo meaning “father’s mother,” it is sometimes given to girls who families believe the father’s mother has been reincarnated.

Sources

• https://www.mdhumanities.org/wp-content/uploads/Igbo-Glossary-for-Purple-Hibiscus.pdf
• https://www.behindthename.com/name/nnenna
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nnenna
• https://www.igbostudy.com/blog/igbo-girl-names
• http://www.ijhssi.org/papers/vol9(6)/Series-1/H0906014253.pdf