{{short description|Nigerian given name}} {{Infobox Given name |name = Ifeoma |language = Igbo |gender = Female |origin = Nigeria |image = Ifeoma Dieke a 151 2381.jpg |caption = Ifeoma Dieke in 2014 |meaning = Good thing |region = Southeastern Nigeria |related names = Iheoma }}
'''Ifeoma''' {{IPAc-en|audio=LL-Q33578_(ibo)-Goodymeraj-Ifeoma.wav}} is a popular female name of Igbo origin. It means “good thing” (i.e., the child) and is a dialectal variant of Iheoma.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Igbo Names |url=https://www.myigboname.com/entries/ifeoma |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=www.myigboname.com |language=en}}</ref>
== Notable people with this name == * Ifeoma Aggrey-Fynn (1980–2015), Ghanaian-Nigerian media personality, writer and public speaker * Ifeoma Ajunwa (born 1980), Nigerian-American writer and professor of labor relations, law, and history * Ifeoma Dieke (born 1981), American-born Scottish football defender * Ifeoma Iheanacho (born 1988), Nigerian wrestler * Ifeoma Kulmala (born 1988), Finnish football referee * Ifeoma Malo, Nigerian lawyer * Ifeoma Mbanugo (born 1952), Nigerian long-distance runner * Ifeoma Nwoye (born 1993), Nigerian wrestler * Ifeoma Okoye, Nigerian author * Ifeoma Onumonu, Nigerian professional footballer * Ifeoma Onyefulu (born 1959), Nigerian children's author * Ifeoma Ozoeze (born 1971), Italian heptathlete * Ifeoma Ozoma, American policy expert and equity advocate * Ifeoma Uddoh, Nigerian social entrepreneur
==Others== * "Ifeoma", a 1989 song by Felix Lebarty
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