Ibironke

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Yoruba (Nigeria)

Meaning

a feminine Yoruba name meaning born into wealth and honour or this child was nursed into prestige — from ibi meaning born or birthplace, iron meaning to be nursed or raised, and the female-specific suffix ke; the name is a birth narrative name that commemorates the circumstances into which the child arrived — an environment of social prominence, material comfort, or family prestige that the naming parents wished to celebrate and project onto the child's future; Yoruba naming ceremonies — the isdopo oruko — take place eight days after birth and involve the presentation of the child to the family and community, the giving of the name, and tasting of symbolic foods that embody the qualities the name expresses

Gender

female