Yetunde

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Yoruba (Nigeria/Benin)

Meaning

a Yoruba feminine name meaning mother has returned, the female counterpart to Babatunde; given to a daughter born shortly after the death of her paternal grandmother or another senior female ancestor, Yetunde expresses the Yoruba belief that the deceased woman's spirit has returned to bless the family in the form of a new female life; the name is one of the most emotionally resonant in the Yoruba naming system because it directly names the grief of loss and the consolation of new life in the same utterance, turning the act of naming into a theological statement about the continuity of love and identity across generations

Gender

female