Entry № 7749 · Yoruba origin

Olabisi Olabisi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ oh-lah-BEE-see /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Yoruba
Meaning
"Wealth is born (Olabisi Onabanjo - Ogun State Governor)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Modern (Yoruba)

A name that means "wealth is born (olabisi onabanjo - ogun state governor)".

Olabisi is from the Yoruba olá (wealth, honor) + bí (give birth to) + sí (more) — wealth is born / honor multiplies. Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State (founded 1982) is named in his honor.

Wealth is born (Yoruba).

The name in its native script.

Ọlábísí
Transliteration
Ọlábísí
Pronunciation
/ ˌoʊ.lɑːˈbiː.si /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Olabisi stands.

Olabisi 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.

Olabisis before her.

Real people
Olabisi Onabanjo
Ogun State Governor 1979-83 + Daily Sketch founder.
1927 – 1990
In fiction
Olabisi
Yoruba wealth is born.

Names connected to Olabisi.

The number behind Olabisi.

4

The Builder

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