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The Yoruba Names Project is set up to help document the Yoruba language first through all the names borne by its people, and later through an online dictionary. It is part of a larger effort to help document the African cultural experience on the internet by making them easy to write and access via information technology.
Modupe Listen ⓘ is a Nigerian unisex given name of Yoruba origin which means "I give thanks". Forms of the name are Dupe, Modupeola, Modupeoreoluwa, and Modupeoluwa. Modupe is a unisex name but it is mostly given to female children. It originated from southwest Nigeria.
This is a list of notable Yoruba people This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The name ultimately consists of two parts: Adé which simply means "crown/royalty" (and can also be used to form other Yorùbá names such as Adéwálẹ̀), and Tòkunbọ from ti-òkun-bọ̀ which roughly means "came (by) sea (and) arrived", and is often applied/given to Yorùbá children/people born outside of Africa, or that are majorly ...
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Yoruba: Origin; Word/name: Yoruba: Meaning ... predominantly used among the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria. ... Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Yoruba also have Oriki, a kind of praise recital used to emphasize the achievements of the ancestors of the various families. Oriki could be a single word name like "Àdùnní", or it could be verses recounting the ancestry of the person and their feats.
1 Notable people with the ... Adédàpọ̀ audio ⓘ is a name and surname of Yoruba origin, meaning "the crown or royalty ... Text is available under the Creative ...