Entry № 3478 · Yoruba origin

Funke Funke — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ FOON-keh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Yoruba
Meaning
"Given to me to love"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Yoruba)

A name that means "given to me to love".

Funke is a Yoruba name — short for Olufunke, meaning "God has given me to love" or "given to me to love." Used widely in Yoruba communities.

Funke Akindele (born 1977) is the Nigerian Nollywood actress and producer.

Given to me to love. The Yoruba blessing.

The name in its native script.

Funke
Transliteration
Funke
Pronunciation
/ ˈfuːn.kɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Funke stands.

Funke 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.

Funkes before her.

Real people
Funke Akindele
Nigerian Nollywood actress.
born 1977
In fiction
Funke
Common in Nollywood films.

Names connected to Funke.

The number behind Funke.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Funke reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.