Yetunde
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Yoruba |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Mother Returns, or Mother has Returned[1] |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) |
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| See also | Babatunde; male names: Babatunde, Babawande, Babajide |
Yetunde (ⓘ)[2][3] is a traditional name of the Yoruba ethnic group for females which factors into Yoruba religious beliefs, meaning "Mother has returned".[4][5] This is the name the Yoruba give to a daughter born shortly after the death of a paternal grandmother.[1] In essence, the baby is regarded in Yoruba society and worldview as the reincarnation of their grandmother.[6] In similarity, Babatunde (father again come) and Babajide (father wake come) are the male equivalent.[6]
Spelling variations
[edit]Iyabo, Iyamide, Yetunde, Yedjide, or Yewande, meaning "Mother has returned".[1]
Notable people with the name include
[edit]- Anthonia Yetunde Alabi, Nigerian musician and businesswoman.
- Yetunde Barnabas, Nigerian actress
- Yetunde Onanuga, Nigerian politician
- Yetunde Price, the elder half-sister of tennis players Venus Williams and Serena Williams.
- Yetide Badaki, American actress
- Yejide Kilanko, Nigerian-Canadian writer
- Agnes Yewande Savage, Scottish-Nigerian physician
- Yewande Osho, British comedian and actress.
- Yewande Adekoya, Nigerian actress.
- Yewande Akinola, Nigerian engineer
- Yewande Olubummo, American scientist
- Yewande Komolafe, American chef
Notable people with the alternative name form include:
- Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, daughter of Nigerian former president.
- Iyabo Anisulowo, Nigerian politician
- Iyabo Ojo, Nigerian actress.
- Olufunke Iyabo Osibodu, Nigerian banker
- Iyabode Ololade Remilekun Wallinkoski, Finnish model.
- Comfort Iyabo Momoh British-Nigerian nurse/midwife.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Ogunyemi, Chikwenye Okonjo, Africa Wo/Man Palava: "The Nigerian Novel by Women." University of Chicago Press (1996), p. 76, ISBN 9780226620855 [1] Accessed 31 March 2025
- ^ Rhoda Omosunlola Johnston; A. Nupo Samuel (1973). Iyabo of Nigeria. Alpha Iota Chapter of Pi Lambda Theta, Claremont Graduate School (Indiana University). ISBN 9780914522010.
- ^ Vincent L. Wimbush (2012). African Americans and the Bible: Sacred Texts and Social Textures. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 170. ISBN 9781610979641.
- ^ "Girl names, Baby names: Yetunde". The Name Meaning. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- ^ Marcellina Ulunma Okehie-Offoha; Matthew N. O. Sadiku (1996). Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Nigeria. Africa World Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-865-4328-33.
- ^ a b Indiana University. Archives of Languages of the World, "Anthropological Linguistics, Volumes 19-20." Department of Anthropology, Indiana University (1977), p. 59
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