At a Glance
- Meaning
- Mother came looking for me
- Origin
- Yoruba
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- yeh-WAHN-day
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'.
How to Pronounce Yewande
yeh-WAHN-dayIPA /jeɪˈwɑːndeɪ/
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.
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Similar Names
Adaeze · Adaora · Adanna · Yetunde · Titi · Toyin
