The baby name Babatunde is a Male name and is pronounced {'common_english': 'bah-bah-TOON-deh', 'yoruba_approx': 'ba-ba-tun-de (tones: bà-bá-tún-dé)', 'ipa': '[bàbátúndé]'}.
Babatunde is Yoruba in Origin.
The baby name Babatunde is a Male name and is pronounced {'common_english': 'bah-bah-TOON-deh', 'yoruba_approx': 'ba-ba-tun-de (tones: bà-bá-tún-dé)', 'ipa': '[bàbátúndé]'}.
Babatunde is Yoruba in Origin.
Babatunde is a masculine Yoruba given name from southwestern Nigeria and neighboring Benin and Togo, built from baba (“father”) + tún + dé (“has returned”). It conveys the belief that a departed father or paternal ancestor has come back in the newborn, so it is often bestowed after the death of a father or grandfather. The name appears across Christian and Muslim Yoruba communities and in the diaspora through Afro-Atlantic religions and migration.
Common short forms are Tunde and Baba; scholarly Yoruba orthography writes it as Bàbátúndé, while francophone contexts may show Babatundé. Related and thematic counterparts include Yetunde/Yewande and Iyabo (“mother has returned”), Babajide (“father has risen”), and Babatunji (“father wakes again”). Notable bearers such as percussionist Babatunde Olatunji and politician Babatunde Fashola have sustained international visibility, and the name is also encountered as a surname.
| Babatunde Olatunji Babatunde Olatunji was a Nigerian drummer and recording artist best known for popularizing African percussion music around the world. He was also an educator and social activist, and his best-known works include the albums Drums of Passion, More Drums of Passion, and Drums of Passion: The Invocation. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG | 0 | #46 | 299 | 5,926 | |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #64 | 7,963 | 16,906 |
| HU | 0 | #115 | 1 | 1,675 | |
| CR | 0 | #165 | 1 | 5,526 | |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 4,970 |
| GH | 0 | #247 | 2 | 5,396 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #255 | 1,117 | 15,093 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #355 | 7 | 8,138 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #464 | 3 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #472 | 3 | 14,421 | |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| LY | 0 | #510 | 26 | 12,703 | |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #559 | 3 | 10,655 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #623 | 3 | 10,983 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #674 | 9 | 3,552 |
| LB | 0 | #690 | 1 | 13,263 | |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #698 | 10 | 18,093 |
| United States | Boys | 2010 | #853 | 7 | 7,345 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #917 | 9 | 15,035 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,067 | 26 | 22,615 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,157 | 22 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,179 | 4 | 25,439 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,253 | 2 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,457 | 15 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,689 | 3 | 28,008 |
Babatunde is popular in 30 countries — most recent births per country:
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