Thursday, July 27, 2017

Names meaning "Abundance" are names beginning with: "Ọ̀PÁ

Names that start with Ọ̀PÁ suggest there was an abundance at the time of birth of a child. Examples of such names are:

1. Ọ̀pákúnlé: Abundance fills the house.

2. Ọ̀pálẹ́yẹ: Abundance confers dignity.

3. Ọ̀páyẹmí: Abundance suits me.

4. Ọlọ́pàádé: The one who lives in abundance is here or worshiper of the god of abundance is here

The list is endless.

Names suggesting reincarnation

The Yoruba belief is that if a newborn arrives  into a family, after the death of a member of the family, the dead is said to have revisited the clan. As a result, the following names are common in Yoruba land:

1. Babatunde: Father comes a second time

2. Yetunde: Mother comes a second time

3. Iyabo: Mother returns

4. Babatunji: Father wakes up

5. Babajide: Father is here

6. Omodeinde: The child comes back

7. Omodeinbo: The child comes back

8. Enilo(lobo): It is the person who went away that returned

9. Yewande: Mother comes back to me

10. Yejide: Mother is here

Yoruba Proverbs

Ẹní bá sùn là n jí, a kì í jí  apirọ́

Meaning: We can only wake a person sleeping, we do not wake someone pretending to be asleep