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given name which can also be a shortened version of the Igbo name Nnemkadi. It is a feminine name, pronounced "NEH-kah". It means "Mother is great, mother is supreme." Notable people with the name include: * Nneka Egbuna, Nigerian-German singer and songwriter *

Nneka Egbujiobi Nneka Colleen Ihim ( Egbujiobi; born September 12, 1987) is an American lawyer, and the founder and CEO of Hello Africa. She was a main cast member on ''The Real Housewives of Potomac'' for its eighth season. Early life and career Egbujiobi wa ...

, Nigerian-American lawyer and former cast member on ''

The Real Housewives of Potomac ''The Real Housewives of Potomac'', abbreviated ''RHOP'', is an American reality television series that premiered on January 17, 2016, on Bravo. Developed as the eighth installment of ''The Real Housewives'' franchise, it has aired nine season ...

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Nneka Ezeigbo Nneka Ezeigbo is a Nigerian basketball player for the Robert Morris Colonials. Early life Ezeigbo was born to a Jamaican mother and a Nigerian father. Raised in Ewing Township, New Jersey, her father died of cancer while she was a student at N ...

, Nigerian basketball player *

Nneka Jones Nneka Jones is a Trinidadian artist and activist based in the United States. Her work uses embroidery and mixed media, and mainly focuses on social issues. In 2020, her artwork was on the cover of ''Time'' magazine. Life and career Jones was born ...

, Trinidadian artist and activist *

Nneka Isaac Moses Nneka Isaac Moses is a Nigerian presenter, fashion designer, and the co-founder and Managing director of the African cultural show Goge Africa. Early life Moses attended the University of Lagos The University of Lagos (UNILAG) is a Public un ...

, Nigerian presenter, fashion designer, and the co-founder and managing director of the African cultural show, Goge Africa *

Nneka Ogwumike Nnemkadi Chinwe Victoria "Nneka" Ogwumike (; born July 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks first overall in ...

, American basketball player with the WNBA's Seattle Storm *

Nneka Okpala Nneka Okpala (born 27 April 1988) is a New Zealand athlete. She competes mainly in the triple jump. She has won the New Zealand women's triple jump competition five times and the Australian women's triple jump title once. Okpala's parents emigrat ...

, New Zealand athlete *

Nneka Onuorah Nneka Onuorah (born 1988) is an American director and producer. She is best known for her directorial debut, ''The Same Difference'' (2015), about Gender roles in non-heterosexual communities, gender roles in the Black lesbian community. She recei ...

, American director and producer *

Nneka Onyejekwe Nneka Obiamaka Onyejekwe (born 18 August 1989 in Hațeg) is a Romanian professional volleyball player who played as a middle blocker for CS Volei Alba-Blaj and now plays for Dinamo Bucharest and the Romania national team. She was born in Hațeg ...

, Romanian volleyball player with Voléro Zürich *

Nneka Ukuh Nneka Ukuh (born November 20, 1987) is a female track and field athlete from Nigeria. She specialised in the high jump event, and is best known for winning the gold medal for her native West African country at the 2003 All-Africa Games The ...

, Nigerian track and field athlete

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