Entry № 1159 · Yoruba origin

Ayodele Ayodele — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-yoh-DAY-lay /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Yoruba
Meaning
"Joy comes home (Yoruba Nigerian heritage)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Yoruba)

A name that means "joy comes home (yoruba nigerian heritage)".

Ayodele Aladeolu — modern Nigerian-American figure. Sade Ayodele Adu (Sade, born 1959) — Nigerian-British singer; lead vocalist of Sade; 4 Grammy Awards including Best New Artist (1985); 75+ million records sold worldwide; Smooth Operator (1984), No Ordinary Love (1992), By Your Side (2000); Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE, 2017); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee multiple years; her real first name is Helen Folasade Adu — Folasade is the elaborated form of which Ayodele is a related Yoruba root.

Joy comes home (Yoruba).

The name in its native script.

Ayọ̀délé
Transliteration
Ayọ̀délé
Pronunciation
/ ɑːjoʊˈdeɪ.leɪ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ayodele stands.

Ayodele does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Ayodeles before her.

Real people
Ayodele Casel
American tap dancer.
born 1975
In fiction
Ayodele
Yoruba joy comes home.

Names connected to Ayodele.

The number behind Ayodele.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ayodele reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.