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Ifedayo as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ifedayo

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The baby name Ifedayo is a Unisex name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced ee-feh-DAH-yo (ih-feh-DAH-yoh).

Ifedayo is Yoruba in Origin.

Gender: Unisex
Syllables: 4.0
Origin: Yoruba
Pronunciation: ee-feh-DAH-yo (ih-feh-DAH-yoh)

What is the meaning of the name Ifedayo ?

The baby name Ifedayo is a Unisex name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced ee-feh-DAH-yo (ih-feh-DAH-yoh).

Ifedayo is Yoruba in Origin.

Ifedayo is a Yoruba given name from southwestern Nigeria meaning “love has turned to joy.” It combines ifẹ́, “love,” with dáyọ̀, a verb-noun cluster meaning “to become joy” (from di + ayọ̀). The name is unisex and sits within the Yoruba tradition of meaningful, sentence-like names that encapsulate parental hopes or the circumstances of a child’s arrival.

In use throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, Ifedayo appears widely in Nigeria and among diaspora communities in the UK, US, and beyond. Orthographic variants include the tonal form Ifẹ́dáyọ̀ and the simplified ASCII spelling Ifedayo; spacing or hyphenation (Ife Dayo, Ife-Dayo) also occurs. Common short forms are Ife and Dayo. Related Yoruba names include Temidayo and Oladayo (the -dayo series) and Ifeoluwa (the ife- series).

Ifedayo has the following similar or variant Names

Ifedayo – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
NG 0 #252 13 5,926
CN Boys 0 #331 1 9,639
SD Boys 0 #466 1 10,523
LY 0 #558 2 12,703
NG Girls 0 #661 127 15,093
NG Boys 0 #716 244 16,906
United States Boys 2023 #894 5 7,053
EG Boys 0 #924 2 15,035
EG Girls 0 #1,009 1 14,742
AE Boys 0 #1,141 3 22,615
MY Boys 0 #1,182 1 25,439
ZA Boys 0 #1,272 1 25,619

Ifedayo is popular in 9 countries — most recent births per country:

AE
CN
EG
LY
MY

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People also ask about Ifedayo

Ifedayo is a unisex name, given to both boys and girls.
Ifedayo is a 4 syllable name, pronounced ee-feh-DAH-yo (ih-feh-DAH-yoh).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Ifedayo, Ifẹ́dáyọ̀ (Yoruba with diacritics), Ife-Dayo and Dayo (short form).
Across languages, Ifedayo has these equivalents: Aimee (French, 'beloved'), Esme (Old French, 'loved'), David (Hebrew, 'beloved'), Felix (Latin, 'happy, fortunate'), Asher (Hebrew, 'happy, blessed').
Somewhat — Ifedayo ranked #894 in United States in 2023, placing it just outside the most common names.