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Yoruba · uncommon · strong · literary

Yoruba Baby Boy Names

Yoruba boys' names with widely-attested West African origins — meaning-rich, surname-friendly, and increasingly common in diaspora households. Five representative examples below.

5 representative names

Ade

Yoruba, 'crown' or 'royal'

shortstrongliterary

Tunde

Yoruba, 'returns'; short form of Babatunde

two-syllableliterarystrong

Femi

Yoruba, 'love me'; short form of Olufemi

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Kunle

Yoruba, 'fills the home'; short form of Adekunle

two-syllableliterarystrong

Dapo

Yoruba, 'unite'; short form of Oladapo

shorttwo-syllablestrong

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