Baby names · Yoruba origin

Names with proverbs woven inside

Yoruba baby names — Ayodele (joy comes home), Folake (honored with wealth), Adesola (the crown brings honor) — come from one of West Africa's deepest naming traditions, where each name typically functions as a complete sentence about the child's circumstance of birth or the family's hopes. Rich tonal music, distinctly Nigerian, increasingly cross-cultural through global diaspora.

25 Yoruba names in our library · 12 girl, 10 boy, 3 unisex