wazoboy: Except for number 3, I already know that others are related to Islam/Arab! No 10 does not sound arabic to me, it seems to mean "move closer to wealth"

abes: Except those are not Yoruba names but adapted names. So are Kafayatu, shakiratu, Alimo, Peteru, Jakobu etc.

NB: Sunmola is from Mosunmola and not Ishmael.

Youngwee:

Concluding Thoughts
Several other names came to mind when I thought of this article—names like Waidi (Abdulwahid), Mukoila (Mikail), Muda, (Mudassar), etc. There are also other names that I simply couldn’t trace to any existing Arabic name I know of, but which Yoruba Muslims bear nonetheless. This includes names like Shittu, Gbadamosi (now rendered as Bhadmus, which Hausa people bear as Badamasi), Raji (which many Fulani from northeastern Nigeria also bear), etc. I hope someone reading this can educate me on the origins of these names.
Whatever it is, it is remarkable that Yoruba Muslims have successfully domesticated Arabic names to the point of making them sound like native Yoruba names.

menice69: what of Awesu which is Uwais in Arabic

seunfly:

No, olohunwa is not from allahu.
Olu or olo means the owner and awa means us or we hence oluwa means our owner.
Olohun = olu/olo + orun =owner of heaven.

Obiagelli: quite interesting. I have always wondered what bakare meant. Is gbadamosi also Arabic?

tpia1:


check his university website which categorically states his name as ramon.

wazoboy: Except for number 3, I already know that others are related to Islam/Arab! No 10 does not sound arabic to me, it seems to mean "move closer to wealth"

Obiagelli: quite interesting. I have always wondered what bakare meant. Is gbadamosi also Arabic?

tpia1: ramon, not raymond.

check the university website.

i've never heard of anyone changing their muslim name to raymond.

most nigerian muslims keep their names and do not change them to english ones. I think you used your imagination here.

abes: Except those are not Yoruba names but adapted names. So are Kafayatu, shakiratu, Alimo, Peteru, Jakobu etc.

NB: Sunmola is from Mosunmola and not Ishmael.

Isiterere:
he is widely addressed as Ramon Adedoyin , but his letter head is Raymond Adedoyin , d street name is Raymond Adedoyin street Parakin Ile-Ife(that's where The Polytechnic Ile-Ife is situated . He is still a Muslim though chief Mrs is a Christian . I think he twisted/funkified the name because of his exposure .
ALL IZZ WELL

seunfly:

No, olohunwa is not from allahu.
Olu or olo means the owner and awa means us or we hence oluwa means our owner.
Olohun = olu/olo + orun =owner of heaven.

Konmight:

Dr Adedoyin Raymond, the owner of Oduduwa University, is/was a muslim(I don't know what he presently practices). I only know his wife (maybe some of his wives, don't know the actual nos) is a christian, she attends winners chapel then at Parakin when I used to attend the Damn Church. Raymond Adedoyin was born and raised a muslim until he grew up and decided to change his name to Raymond. Like I earlier said, I don't know what he practices now.

There are many Raymonds today who were born Abdulrahmon. Even Raymond Dokpesi, the owner of DAAR communications.

Hope I made sense.

Cheers.

MRWHINNIG: Raymond is an English name derived from French. It has no roots in Arabic or Yoruba whatever.

Konmight:

Dr Adedoyin Raymond, the owner of Oduduwa University, is/was a muslim(I don't know what he presently practices). I only know his wife (maybe some of his wives, don't know the actual nos) is a christian, she attends winners chapel then at Parakin when I used to attend the Damn Church. Raymond Adedoyin was born and raised a muslim until he grew up and decided to change his name to Raymond. Like I earlier said, I don't know what he practices now.

There are many Raymonds today who were born Abdulrahmon. Even Raymond Dokpesi, the owner of DAAR communications.

Hope I made sense.

Cheers.

Konmight:

I know. But some Muslims who used to bear Abdulrahman or Rahman usually change their names to Raymond when to convert to christians. I've seen some.

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daryoor: all this a muslim namea translated in yoruba.

its kinda funny yoruba Christians dont name their kids in the yoruba translation.

david- dafidi

peter- peteru

john- johanu

Moses - mosisi

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