name
Oluwafemi
oh-loo-wah-FEH-mee
oʊluːwɑːˈfeɪmiːListen
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Syllable breakdown
Oluwafemi
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Yoruba (Nigeria)
- Meaning
- a Yoruba masculine name meaning God loves me or the Lord favours me — Oluwa meaning Lord or God, and femi from fe mi meaning loves me; the name reflects the theocentric character of Yoruba naming practice, in which names frequently express the family's understanding of their relationship with the divine — either with Olodumare, the supreme deity of the Yoruba religion, or with the Christian God in contexts where Christianity has been adopted; Oluwafemi expresses the confidence that the named child is under divine favour and that this divine love is a permanent feature of the child's identity; the name is among the most common in southwestern Nigeria and is borne by numerous prominent Nigerians across all fields
- Gender
- male
- Also spelled
- Femi
Common mispronunciations
Compressing it to oh-loo-FEH-mee — all five syllables should be distinct
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