name
Babatunde
bah-bah-TOON-day
bɑːbɑːˈtuːndeɪListen
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Syllable breakdown
Babatunde
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Yoruba (Nigeria/Benin)
- Meaning
- a masculine Yoruba name meaning father has returned, reflecting the Yoruba belief in ancestral reincarnation within the family lineage; when a grandfather or respected male elder dies shortly before or around the time a grandson is born, the child may be named Babatunde to acknowledge the spiritual return of the ancestor in a new body; this naming practice is part of the broader Yoruba orí (personal destiny) cosmology in which each person enters the world with a unique spiritual head that was formed in the celestial realm and carries forward the essences and obligations of those who came before
- Gender
- male
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