Wálé: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance

Meaning
Comes home
Origin
Yoruba
Gender
Unisex
Pronunciation
WAH-lay

Wálé is a Yoruba unisex name meaning “comes home”. It appears in our list of 175+ Yoruba Baby Names Full of Meaning and Cultural Pride.

Meaning & Origin of Wálé

Meaning: Comes home.

Origin: Yoruba.

How to Pronounce Wálé

WAH-layIPA /ˈwɑːleɪ/

Popularity of Wálé

Wálé 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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