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Usor
Usor is a name bare by Oron people in Akwa Ibom State. This name are told to have different meaning.

Some says, the name Usor means "Father" in Oron language means "Eti". This means that, the child is named after the father. Some people also said, the name Usor in Oron means or derives from "usor oyoh" meaning in English language "collecting someone in place of a death brother". This happened only when someone is in your custody as a maid, servant or helper and dies, the family will come and collect your own child as a retaliation and reaching home, the child name be changed and will be called "Usor" only if is a male child, and it is that name he will bear through out his lifetime while being in captive. Some people also said that the name "Usor" means "retaliation" just as explained above, this retaliation in Oron language means "usor" which means collecting a new thing from someone who had destroyed your own thing which is dearly to you.

Tracing this name "Usor" back to its origin is found in a community called "Eyelor" Village in Urue Offong/Oruko Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.

We can also trace this name "Usor" from a prominent man who lived in Cross River State. A. Akan Bassey stayed in Calabar and worked as Principal Assistant Registrar (PAR) in University of Calabar, Calabar was from Ubudung in Oron in Urue Offong Oruko Local Government Area, he was called "Usor", and was only called by people older than him because, the name was also meaning "addressing someone father" and must be addressed with respect. A. Akan Bassey dies in September 7 2015. Late A. Akan Bassey who was PAR in University of Calabar, Calabar did not often use the name as official name, rather, was used as at family level or as a nickname. The was not given as legal tender name, he was named Asukwo after someone from the mother's side whose nickname was Usor. Through out his (A. Akan Bassey) life time, he silent the name "Asukwo" and "Usor" and preferred to be addressed as Akan Bassey or A. Akan Bassey. Braindo Studios (talk) 16:32, 2 April 2023 (UTC)