Yetunde

Yetunde
GenderFemale
LanguageYoruba
Origin
MeaningMother Returns, or Mother has Returned
Other names
Variant forms
  • Yewande
  • Yejide
  • Yeside
  • Yetide
  • Yetunji
  • Yebode
  • Iyabo/Iyabode
See alsoBabatunde; male names: Babatunde, Babawande, Babajide

Yetunde // ⓘ is a traditional name of the Yoruba ethnic group for females which factors into Yoruba religious beliefs, meaning "Mother has returned". This is the name the Yoruba give to a daughter born shortly after the death of a paternal grandmother. In essence, the baby is regarded in Yoruba society and worldview as the reincarnation of their grandmother. In similarity, Babatunde (father again come) and Babajide (father wake come) are the male equivalent.

Spelling variations

Iyabo, Iyamide, Yetunde, Yedjide, or Yewande, meaning "Mother has returned".

Notable people with the name include

Notable people with the alternative name form include:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ogunyemi, Chikwenye Okonjo, Africa Wo/Man Palava: "The Nigerian Novel by Women." University of Chicago Press (1996), p. 76, ISBN 9780226620855 Accessed 31 March 2025
  2. ↑ Rhoda Omosunlola Johnston; A. Nupo Samuel (1973). Iyabo of Nigeria. Alpha Iota Chapter of Pi Lambda Theta, Claremont Graduate School (Indiana University). ISBN 9780914522010.
  3. ↑ Vincent L. Wimbush (2012). African Americans and the Bible: Sacred Texts and Social Textures. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 170. ISBN 9781610979641.
  4. ↑ "Girl names, Baby names: Yetunde". The Name Meaning. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. 1 2 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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