Meaning Of Extraordinary Names In Yoruba

                                             Meaning Of Extraordinary Names In Yoruba

1. Oba : means King.

2. Obatala or Oba Ala : means King of White.

3. Odua or Adua or Oduduwa or Odu To Da Iwa or Aduwa  : means Prayer.

4. Oonirisha or Ooni : means Emperor or the owner of deities.

5. Alaafin : means Emperor or the owner of Palaces.

6. Ootu Ife or Ile Ife : means source of expansion or land of expansion.

7. Ni Ife or Nyife : means from Ife.

 8. Oyo or Oyonu : means Pardoner.

9.  Oyo Mesi : means Oyo Empire Legislatures.

10. Aare Ona KaKanfo : supreme military Commander. 

11. Bashorun Ga or Gaa : means mighty Prime Minister or Empire Prime Minister. 

12.  Bashorun Ga or Gaa Ina or Bashorun Gaana : means mighty fire or tough Empire Prime Minister.

13.  Yoruba : means source of  prosperity.

14.  Sanko or Sango or Shango : means strikes with thunder stones.

15.   Oya or Odo Oya : means tore or River Niger. 

16.  Oyaji or Oyagi or Eyagi by Tapa (Nupe) : means Yoruba people, the Ancestors of Tapa (Nupe people). Oyaji or Oyagi  who were the first to had settlements in all the regions of River Niger .  No Vowel  sound Ō in Nupe language that is why Ō was replaced with E, and Ji or Gi means Root or Source which were also used to describe Ancestor in ancient Oko or Ko or Tapa or Apa (Nupe people) e.g Ndako is half description, but Ndakogi or Ndakoji. Ji or Gi were used to describe the Ootu Ife or Ile Ife or Nyife or Oyo or Yoruba people.

17. Orisha Oko or Osako or Soko or Shoko : means deity of Agriculture.

18.  Olukumi : means My confidant or My friend.

19. Tedo or Edo or Ado or Ondo : means Settle down or Settlement.

20. Ibinu or Bini or Benin : means vexation.

22. Tapa or Ta Epa or Apa : means sell groundnuts or the Oko or Ko people or Nyifeko (Nupe people). Epa or Apa are the same, Since  no Vowel  sound Ē in Nupe language that is why Ē was replaced with A.

22. Oranfe : means deity of thunder.

23. Obada : means king creation or a name of a market created by the King.

24. Adua or Odua or Aduwa or Adura  : means prayer or praying directly to Almighty God Olodumare or Eledumare.

25. Sure : means prayer or praying that involves intermediary e.g praying to Orisha (deity) or directing your prayers to Orisha and Orisha direct your prayers to Almighty God Olodumare or Eledumare. 

26. Alubarika or Alu Ba Ri Ka : means  Alu : beaten or strived, Ba : met up, Ri : seen,  Ka : harvest Or blessings.

27. Ibukun Ibu Kun : means Ibu : fetcher or increaser, Kun : full Or blessings.

28. Gafara Ga Fa Ra : means Ga : tall or blockage, Fa : draw, Ra : decay or disappear Or excuse.

29. Igodomigodo : Igodo MI Godo and Igodomitedo : Igodo MI Tedo means my uncross River have crossed River and my uncross River have settle down.

30. Budo : means Camp or dwelling place.

31. Agbede a smith's workshop; smithy. 

32. Ganganrangan : means very large; bulky and high. 

33. Ako Irin or Okurin : means oxidase iron or  male.

34. Abo Irin or Obirin : means non oxidase iron or female.

35.  Aya MI : means my chest or my wife. e.g Egungun Aya MI : bone of my chest or my ribs.


36. Wayeojo : means East.

37.  Woleorun : means West.

38. Olumarantun  or Lumarantun: means South.

39. Olumaransi or Lumaransi : means Nouth.

40. Aroko : means symbol- object or collection of such objects usually parcelled together and sent to through a massager to another person for the purpose of conveying a massage to be decode by the receiver.



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