Àgọ: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Àgọ – Meaning: by your leave (entry interjection); also camp/tent – Origin: Yoruba


Àgọ is a Yoruba name meaning “by your leave (entry interjection); also camp/tent”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Àgọ

Meaning: By your leave (entry interjection); also camp/tent.

Origin: Yoruba.

A common claim: Tent / Shade / Shelter Actually: Àgọ is better known as the everyday 'excuse me, may I enter' interjection, with 'camp/tent' only a secondary noun sense — 'shelter' overstates that meaning.

Popularity of Àgọ

Àgọ doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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Ìrẹlẹ · Ẹniayàn · Ìmọ̀lẹ · Ẹgbẹ · Ẹ̀hìn · Àgùntàn

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