COMMON YORUBA NAMES AND THEIR ENGLISH MEANING

Personal and place names is one of the oldest elements of the Yoruba Language and a good knowledge of them will enhance our knowledge of their history and past experiences.

The Yoruba names can be nominal or sentential and the names has been classified into three:
Given Names (Oruko Amutorunwa), Ascribed Names (Oruko Abiso), and Pet Names (Oriki).
Also, some names are formed from Yoruba proverbs.

The list of names here, are 'oruko amutorunwa'.
Examples:
Ojo----------A male child that has his umbilical cord tied around his neck at birth.

Ajayi--------A child born with face turned downwards

Talabi-------A child born with the head and body covered with Caul like a masquerade

Oni---------A baby whose incessant cry at birth suggest that he/she is in distress

Ige --------A baby that came out of the womb with feet first

Aina------Is the female of Ojo(of the two names, Ijebu tribe uses Aina,it is proverbial that (Ijebu
Kii je Ojo),"Ijebus never bear the name Ojo."

Dada-----Children with knotted hair or dreads

Ilori------Conceived after a previous birth, before resumption of mensturation

Oke-----A child wrapped in a thin
membrane at birth, (The Amniotic sac)

Taiwo----The first to arrive of a twin

Kehinde---The last to arrive of a twin

Eta Oko---The third child in a Triplet

Idowu-----A child born after a set of twins.

Alaba------A child born after Idowu

Olugbodi----A child born with a the sixth finger

Erinle--------A child born with an umbilical cord around his wrist.

All the Amutorunwa names are connected to an unusual event
at birth, they are instant names.
This whispers the significance of the midwifery lore of the
Yoruba. Unlike the Abiso names, one waits till the naming
ceremony on the eighth day to
hear the names the parents
woukd like to call their child
based on the events at birth, family tradition, and interest
credits: naijagist
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