I'm having anothe baby later this year and after realising what a good cross section of people we have on this forum I want to find out:

What are your favourite names for:

BOY
GIRL

And if they have one what is the meaning?

I'm English and married to a Nigerian. We named our first daughter Ololade. I'm not worried about sticking to English or Yoruba names so you never know if you come up with something good maybe I'll use it!!

my broda i would tell you but those are the names i have reserved for my kids!

but i will think further and provide some excellent names

Well i will tell you the names i reserved for my kids don't mind if u use 'em
Ayobare - joy upon goodwill
Ayotola - joy equals wealth
Oludarasiwa - God is good to us
Idunnuola - Joy of the future/tomorrow
Olufunmilore - God has given me a gift

try this to
ifeoluwa and short form is (ife) means love of god or love
olumide and short form is (mide) means my hero has come
oluwaseun and short form is (seun) means thank god (not sure at dat )
but there are all unisex.

CONGRATS!!! I wish I could be a great help but I'm Igbo so I don't think you'd be interested in my favorite Igbo names. But how about:

Girl - Imogen
Winifred "Winnie" for short
Folasade (or any variety of Sade) I just Love that name!
Olutoni I know like 2 Yoruba girls named that. Lovely girls!
Adebusola

Boy - Femi
Damilare
Afolabi
August
Badewa I hope I spelled that correctly! Aunties please correct me.

My creative juices are running dry but I'll be back with more! Best of luck w/ the new babe~

Mine are:

Boys:
Ezekial nick name Zeek
Malicah
Samson (my dad's name)
Aderemi (my dad's middle name)

Girls:
Mariam
Naomi
Folasade (my name)

oya i am back!

renee- life
renata-life
rene-life

first two are female, last is unisex

names i just love but dont know the meaning of
virginie
clotilde

others i just love
babatunde-father has come again
ilerioluwa
imisioluwa
oluwadamilare
rantiade
salewa
ireoluwa
nwakeago, sorry if this isnt the spelling
faridah
nnenne

names i have reserved for my kids
sefi clarisse
seye cicely
said arturo

repping that wazobia

ooh adebowale short form is bobo
kofoworola
odiri
feyisola (my name!)
omotanwa (the child that we are looking for)
reke
reni
ijeni

Names i will like to give to my children one day .

Girls:

Sandra
Evy /Evie
Osato (osas)
Magdalene (Meg,lene
Kristen (Kris
Alexander (Alex,Alexia
Samatha (Samie


Boys:

Alexia

Emaa
Sam
Madu
Igwe

Girls:
Oluwapamilerinayo ( god has made me joyful/happy)
Aina
Tinuke
Anuoluwapo

Boys:
Folarin
Lanre
Temidayo

Yoruba's let us see wat u'all can deliver

lol cant you see all the yoruba names above?

Hotstepper:

Yoruba's let us see what u'all can deliver

u should have gone to specsaers


Mongue

dont u know da sex of the baby?

Sisieko:

Girls:
Oluwapamilerinayo ( god has made me joyful/happy)

Thats a long name but I love it. The meaning is so nice.

Motunrayo (my middle name)-Another Joy has come.

Fadekemi- I think it means put the crown or kingship around me.

Oluwaseun (one of my many names)-Thank You Lord.

Omolola- Child is my joy.

Thank you . Ur actually the first person that likes that name LOL.
Thats what i will name my daughter . i adore the name

It sounds so beautiful.

Thanks for all the suggestions so far, keep them coming, I don't know what sex the baby is yet, keeping it a surprise.

One trouble I have is that it needs to be a name non-yoruba's won't have too much trouble pronouncing,

For a boy I like laolu and salewa quite a lot,

Ayomide means my joy has arrived
Ayomikun means my joy is full
Ayomiposi means I have more joy
Ayoyimika means joy is all around me
Oluwatobiloba my lord the king is big ( I think)

They are all unisex

Oluwabamise----- Can be Shortened to Bamise or Bami (bammy)
Oluwafifunmi------ Can be shortened to Fifunmi or Funmi
Oluwatofunmi------ Can be shortened to Tofunmi or Tomi or funmi
Oluwamayomikun----Can be shortened to Mayokun or Mayomi or Ayo or Ayomikun or Mayor


Tolulope----------Tolu or ope
Toluwanimi-------Toluwani
Toluwalase-------Lase
Toluwalola-------Tolulola or lola

Oluwadarasimi (God is good to me)------Dara or simi
Oluwadara (God has done wonders) --------Dara
Orimidara (I'm lucky, so to speak)

Similoluwa (Be rest assured in God)-------Simi
Inioluwa (God's property)----Ini (Inny)
Ireoluwa (God's blessings)----Ire

The names i love for my kids are; 1)Oluwademilade-demmy[God has crowned me].Male/Female 2)Eniola-enny[person of wealth]Male/Female 3)Oluwateniola-tenny[God spread a mat of wealth]Female 4) Temilola-temmy[wealth is mine]Female 5)Oyinkonsola-oyin[honey drops into wealth] 6)Oluwadamilare-dare,dammy[God has justified me]Male/Female

Its all the ladies replying, is it that our guys dont have the time to think about their baby names:

I wont mind a football team: here

names could be boys or girls:

My goalie = Oluwatimileyin = God is backing me up

Left FullBack = Oluwatoyin = God is worthy to be praised
Center FullBack = Oluwatosin = God is worthy to be served
Right FullBack = Oluwatobi = God is great

Left Defensive midfielder = Eniola = a person of wealth
Right Defensive midfielder = Enipataki = a person of importance
Left offensive midfielder = Adeoye = crown of kings
Right offensive midfielder = Adeola = crown of wealth

Left Forward = Ayodele = Joy arrived home
Center Forward = Ayobami = Joy is mine
Right Forward = Ayomitide = my joy has arrived

Adunbarinloluwa---------Shortened to Dunbarin or barin (It's good to walk with God)
Oluwatomisin-------------Shortened to Tomisin or Tomi (God is sufficient for me to serve)

Kendra-WAter baby, magical
Grant-great

thanks efani, nowi know any kendra i meet is a real mammy water!

my friend aint no mamay water

wut tha hell does that mean??

never mind dude, it was a joke

mammy water is sort of like a mermaid, water spirit

Female:
Lauryn-----laurel(a beautiful thing)
Laquanda
Lashonda
Lucinder
Nakita
Shequanna
Shenene
Shekina
Terkina

Male:
Andre
Akin
Charles
Samuel
Sean-
shawn
Tantor
Tarzan

lauryn:

Female:
Lauryn-----laurel(a beautiful thing)
Laquanda
Lashonda
Lucinder
Nakita
Shequanna
Shenene
Shekina
Terkina
Male:
Andre
Akin
Charles
Samuel
Sean-
shawn
Tantor
Tarzan

and their menaing?

tantor

U'll find out, soon enough

those r ugly names