The baby name Omotola is a Girl name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced oh-moh-TOH-lah.
Omotola is Yoruba in Origin.
The baby name Omotola is a girl name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced oh-moh-TOH-lah.
Omotola is Yoruba in Origin.
Omotola is a Yoruba given name, most accurately written with tone marks as Ọmọ́tọ́lá. Its root language is Yoruba, a Niger-Congo language of southwestern Nigeria and neighboring Benin and Togo. The earliest recoverable form is the Yoruba compound ọmó, child, plus tó, be enough or be worthy, and ọlá, wealth, honor, or high status. Literally, Ọmọ́tọ́lá expresses child is enough for wealth or child is worthy of honor.
The name belongs to Yoruba sentence-name and praise-name traditions, in which a child’s name may record family circumstances or a valued quality. It is used in Nigeria and in Yoruba diaspora communities, usually for girls but not exclusively so in census records. Public recognition outside West Africa has been helped by Nigerian actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde. Short forms such as Tola occur independently, while the diacritized Ọmọ́tọ́lá preserves the Yoruba tonal reading.
| Omotola Jalade Ekeinde Omotola Jalade Ekeinde is a Nigerian actor best known for her roles in films like 'Mortal Inheritance' and 'Blood Sisters'. She has been a prominent figure in Nollywood since the mid-1990s and is also recognized for her humanitarian efforts and music career. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG | 0 | #193 | 73 | 5,926 | |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #225 | 1 | 3,308 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #241 | 1,179 | 15,093 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #335 | 3 | 6,973 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| EG | 0 | #412 | 1 | 6,387 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| LY | 0 | #551 | 9 | 12,703 | |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #596 | 2 | 20,968 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #654 | 326 | 16,906 |
| United States | Girls | 2011 | #920 | 5 | 9,736 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,006 | 4 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,231 | 6 | 25,928 |
Omotola is popular in 16 countries — most recent births per country:
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