At a Glance
- Meaning
- A child cherished with great devotion, from ọmọ ('child') + tara ('zeal/eagerness, whole-hearted devotion')
- Origin
- Yoruba
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- oh-moh-TAH-rah
Ọmọ́tára is a Yoruba girl's name meaning “A child cherished with great devotion, from ọmọ ('child') + tara ('zeal/eagerness, whole-hearted devotion')”. It appears in our list of 175+ Yoruba Baby Names Full of Meaning and Cultural Pride.
Meaning & Origin of Ọmọ́tára
Meaning: A child cherished with great devotion, from ọmọ ('child') + tara ('zeal/eagerness, whole-hearted devotion').
Origin: Yoruba.
A common claim: Child of my love Actually: Often rendered 'child of my love,' but tara more precisely means zeal, eagerness, or whole-hearted devotion rather than 'love' itself -- a close but imprecise popular gloss.
How to Pronounce Ọmọ́tára
oh-moh-TAH-rahIPA /ɔ̄mɔ́tárā/
Popularity of Ọmọ́tára
Ọmọ́tára 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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