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
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