# Okoro

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{{Infobox surname|name=Okoro|language=Igbo|meaning=A man|region=South east|variant forms=Okoh, Okolo|origin=Nigeria}}

'''Okoro''' {{IPAc-en|audio=LL-Q33578_(ibo)-Goodymeraj-Okoro.wav}} is a very common [Igbo](/source/Igbo_language) surname that means “a man,” equivalent to [Mann](/source/Mann_(surname)) as used in English-speaking countries.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.onlinenigeria.com/nigeriannames/ad.asp?blurb=2619|title=Okoro|website=Online Nigeria|accessdate=February 11, 2015}}</ref> It is a shortened form of ''òkorobị̀à'' and typical among Southern Igbos. Likewise, this is where the Igbo “day names” come from: [Okeke](/source/Okeke)/[Okereke](/source/Okereke) (a man born on Eke); [Okoli](/source/Okoli_(disambiguation))/[Okorie](/source/Okorie)/[Okoye](/source/Okoye) (a man born on Olie/Orie/Oye); [Okafor](/source/Okafor)/Okorafor (a man born on Afọ); [Okonkwo](/source/Okonkwo)/[Okoronkwo](/source/Okoronkwo) (a man born on Nkwọ). Like Okoro, these are no longer used as given names but have become highly common surnames. The [Anioma](/source/Anioma) subgroups use the variants [Okoh](/source/Okoh), while the [Anambra peoples](/source/Anambra) render it [Okolo](/source/Okolo).

== Surname ==
*[Christopher Okoro Cole](/source/Christopher_Okoro_Cole), (1921–c.1990), [Sierra Leonean government](/source/Sierra_Leonean_government) official
*[Daniel Okoro](/source/Daniel_Okoro) (born 2003), Nigerian rugby league footballer
*[Dawn Okoro](/source/Dawn_Okoro), American artist
*[Fidelis Okoro](/source/Fidelis_Okoro), Nigerian politician
*[Isaac Okoro](/source/Isaac_Okoro) (born 2001), American basketball player
*[Kenny Okoro](/source/Kenny_Okoro) (born 1989), American football player
*[Marilyn Okoro](/source/Marilyn_Okoro) (born 1984), British athlete
*[Melanie Harrison Okoro](/source/Melanie_Harrison_Okoro) (born 1982), American environmental scientist
*[Osas Okoro](/source/Osas_Okoro) (born 1990), Nigerian footballer
*[Sandie Okoro](/source/Sandie_Okoro) (born 1964), British lawyer
*[Stanley Okoro](/source/Stanley_Okoro) (born 1992), Nigerian footballer
*[Sunday Patrick Okoro](/source/Sunday_Patrick_Okoro) (born 1986), Nigerian footballer
*[Yvonne Okoro](/source/Yvonne_Okoro) (born 1984), Ghanaian-Nigerian actress
*[Zane Okoro](/source/Zane_Okoro) (born 2007), American soccer player

== Given name ==
*[Okoro Idozuka](/source/Okoro_Idozuka), 19th-century Nigerian leader

==See also==
*[Ikot Okoro](/source/Ikot_Okoro), Nigerian village
*[Okoro Oilfield](/source/Okoro_Oilfield), Nigerian offshore oilfield

==References==
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Category:Igbo names

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