At a Glance: Name: Ọlọ́runwábí – Meaning: God sought (and thus provided) this child, from Ọlọ́run + wá ('seek/come') + bí ('be born/thus') – Origin: Yoruba – Gender: Unisex
Ọlọ́runwábí is a Yoruba unisex name meaning “God sought (and thus provided) this child, from Ọlọ́run + wá ('seek/come') + bí ('be born/thus')”. It appears in our list of 175+ Yoruba Baby Names Full of Meaning and Cultural Pride.
Meaning & Origin of Ọlọ́runwábí
Meaning: God sought (and thus provided) this child, from Ọlọ́run + wá ('seek/come') + bí ('be born/thus').
Origin: Yoruba.
A common claim: God is beautiful Actually: This name is sometimes glossed as 'God is beautiful,' but that sense relies on the unrelated root ẹwà/lẹwà ('beauty'), which doesn't appear here -- the compound's actual roots (wá 'seek/come' + bí 'thus/born') point instead to God seeking out or providentially bringing this child.
Popularity of Ọlọ́runwábí
Ọlọ́runwábí 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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