Yewande: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Yewande – Meaning: Mother came looking for me – Origin: Yoruba – Gender: Girl


Yewande is a Yoruba girl's name meaning “Mother came looking for me”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Yewande

Meaning: Mother came looking for me.

Origin: Yoruba.

A common claim: Sometimes glossed as 'mother has come back to us' Actually: That gloss conflates Yewande with the separate name Yetunde; Yewande's own meaning is closer to 'mother came looking/searching for me'.

Popularity of Yewande

Yewande 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.

Lists That Include Yewande

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