Entry № 10452 · Yoruba origin

Temitope Temitope — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ teh-mee-TOH-peh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Yoruba
Meaning
"Mine is worthy of thanks (Yoruba name)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Yoruba)

A name that means "mine is worthy of thanks (yoruba name)".

Temitope is from the Yoruba tèmi (mine) + tó (worthy of) + ọpẹ́ (thanks) — mine is worthy of thanks (to God). Temitope is one of the Yoruba thanksgiving names — given to children whose birth is considered a blessing. Notable bearers include Temitope Balogun Joshua (T. B. example of Yoruba religious-thanksgiving naming convention.

Mine is worthy of thanks (Yoruba). Yoruba thanksgiving name + T. B.

The name in its native script.

Tẹ̀mítọ́pẹ́
Transliteration
Tẹ̀mítọ́pẹ́
Pronunciation
/ ˌtɛ.miːˈtoʊ.pɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Temitope stands.

Temitope 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.

Temitopes before her.

Real people

In fiction
Temitope
Yoruba thanksgiving name.

Names connected to Temitope.

The number behind Temitope.

4

The Builder

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