Yejide (given name)
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| Gender | Female |
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| Language(s) | Yoruba |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Yoruba |
| Meaning | "The mother arrived early".” or "Image Of The Mother".” |
| Region of origin | South-west Nigeria |
| Other names | |
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Yejide is a Nigerian female given name of Yoruba origin, commonly used among the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria. The name is composed of three Yoruba words: "iye" (mother), "ji" (awaken,arise), and "dé" (arrive, return). Together, Yejide translates to "(My) mother arrived early" or "Image of the Mother". Morphologically, it is written as iye-jí-dé.[1][2][3][4]
Notable people with the given name
[edit]- Yejide Kilanko, Nigerian Canadian fiction writer and social worker
- Morowa Yejide, writer
References
[edit]- ^ "Yéjídé". www.yorubaname.com. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ "Yejide". www.name.baby. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Egbosiuba, Jeanne. "Female Yoruba Baby Names Beginning With Y » All Things Nigeria". Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ "Yejide Pronunciation". www.howtopronounce.com. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
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