Bamidele

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Yoruba (Nigeria)

Meaning

a Yoruba masculine name meaning follow me home or come with me to my house — from ba mi meaning come with me or follow me, and ile meaning home, house, or the ancestral compound; the name often encapsulates a narrative from the circumstances of the child's birth or from the family's history of displacement and return — expressing the joy of someone who has gone away and returned home, bringing others with them, or the aspiration that the child will be a gathering and returning force for the family; in Yoruba society the ile — the home compound and lineage house — is a primary unit of social identity, and names that reference the home express the deep connection between personal identity and ancestral place

Gender

male

Also spelled

Bamidele, Bami