Págà! A kò rí oun tó jọ "etc."

Ǹjẹ́ o fẹ́ràn láti fi orúkọ kún àwọn orúkọ wa?

Jọ̀ọ́ lọ sí abala ibi tí a ti ń forúkọ sílẹ̀.

Wò níbí àwọn orúkọ tó lè jọ ara wọn

Tọmídé

Meaning: Came to me. A short from of Akíntọ̀mídé, Oyètọ̀mídé, etc.

Simisọ́lá

Meaning: Rest in wealth/nobility/success, etc.

Akinluyì

Meaning: Bravery is honour/prestige/respect etc.

Akinniyì

Meaning: Bravery is honour/prestige/respect etc.

Omí Saidé

Meaning: Among practitioners of Cuban Òrìṣà tradition, Omi Saide is said to mean "the crown of water." In actuality, the cuban orisa name Omí Saidé is derived from the Yorùbá name Omísè̩hìndè. It means "water remained after (as replacement)." Omi (water) is a prefix used for a number of names for devotees of Yorùbá river deities such as Yemo̩ja, Erinlè̩, etc. The name can suggest a series of abiku or still births where intervention by one of the water deities prevented further child deaths. It can also mean that after a series of only girls that a boy was born at long last. An alternate version of this name is Omísè̩hìndé, meaning "water has arrived finally." This suggests that after period of barrenness a baby arrived with the help of a water deity one paid devotion to.

Rìndé

Meaning: Short for Ọlárìndé/Olúrìndé, etc.

Dọlá

Meaning: 1. Become wealth/success. 2. A short form of Adédọlá, Olúdọlá, Oyèdọlá, etc.

Tọ́lá

Meaning: 1. Prominent for success. 2. A short form of longer names like Ọmọ́tọ́lá, Oyètọ́lá, Tọ́lání, etc.

Ẹ̀rínọlá

Meaning: The joy of success/nobility, etc.

Adé

Meaning: The crown.

Olú

Meaning: 1. The head. 2. The prominent one. 3. The lord. 4. God (olúwa) 5. The hero/champion

Ọshìn

Meaning: The Ìjẹ̀bú god of wisdom, iron, and warfare.

Babájídé

Meaning: Father/Grandfather came early.

Kìítán

Meaning: Endless. Unbounded.

Ṣùbòmí

Meaning: Gather around me.

Ṣèyí

Meaning: Does this.

Yanjú

Meaning: Be complete.

Tórera

Meaning: Sufficient for delighting oneself. Enough to show off, to be proud of. A child to be pampered... 'Omótómirera' means '[this] child is enough for me to show off (or be proud of)'.

Olúwáṣèyí

Meaning: God did this.

Múyìwá

Meaning: 1. Brought this. [A shortened form of "Olúmúyìíwá"] 2. Brought honour [A shortened form of "Olúmúyìwá"]

Bámbọ̀

Meaning: Return with me.

Dùnní

Meaning: Sweet to have.

Dèjì

Meaning: Become two.

Dẹ̀hìndé

Meaning: Returns at last.

Rìnmáyọ̀

Meaning: Walks with joy.

Dẹ̀hìntọ́

Meaning: Returned to become right.

Ìbùkún

Meaning: Blessings. An addition.

Yọmbọ̀

Meaning: To save and rescue me.

Pọ̀jù

Meaning: More than. Excess.

Shọlá

Meaning: Make wealth.

Jésùpémi

Meaning: Serving Jesus profits me.

Jìmí

Meaning: Entrust me.

Jìnmí

Meaning: Entrust me.

Tóyọ̀sí

Meaning: Something to rejoice about.

Jésùtófúnmi

Meaning: Jesus is enough for me.

Tádé

Meaning: Suffice for royalty.

Dìran

Meaning: Becomes generational.

Afé

Meaning: Fashion. Fashionable

Rọ́pò

Meaning: To replace.

Mojí

Meaning: I rise.

Dípẹ̀

Meaning: To make supplication.

Dọ̀tun

Meaning: Become renewed.

Ṣẹ̀san

Meaning: (God) has avenged me.

Gbénga

Meaning: Lift me up.

Bánkẹ́

Meaning: Help me care for (this one).

Fúmi

Meaning: Give me.

Ọbáwùsì

Meaning: The king's fame spreads.

Morótì

Meaning: I wait with.

Ṣẹ́tẹ̀

Meaning: Conquer intrigues.

Èṣúyẹmí

Meaning: Esu (worship) fits me.

Èṣúgbèmí

Meaning: Èṣù (worship) is beneficial to me.

Bàjò

Meaning: Return from a journey.

Ọlá

Meaning: 1. Wealth, success, nobility, majesty, dignity. 2. Benefit. e.g. Ọláìyá (the benefit of mother/hood)

Ṣeun

Meaning: Did good.

Ọ̀ṣúndọjà

Meaning: The goddess Ọ̀ṣun has become prosperous (like a marketplace).

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