The baby name Wunmi is a Girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced WOON-mee.
Wunmi is Yoruba in Origin.
The baby name Wunmi is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced WOON-mee.
Wunmi is Yoruba in Origin.
Wunmi is a Yoruba name; the earliest recoverable form is the tone-marked phrase Wù mí, also written as Wùnmí in personal names. Its root language is Yoruba, a Defoid language of the Niger-Congo family. The verb wù denotes being pleasing, desirable, or agreeable to someone, and mí is the first-person singular object pronoun, me. Literally, the construction reads pleases me or is desirable to me.
In Yoruba naming, Wunmi is often encountered as an independent short form and in longer names such as Olúwùnmí, where Olúwa supplies a Christianized reference to God or the Lord. Usage is centered in southwestern Nigeria and Yoruba communities in Benin, Togo, Britain, and North America. The spelling Wumi reflects a common simplification outside tone-marked Yoruba orthography; Wunmi Mosaku has given the form some international visibility.
| Wunmi Mosaku Wunmi Mosaku is a talented actor from the United Kingdom, best known for her role in the TV series 'Luther'. She has also appeared in the film 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' and the series 'Lovecraft Country'. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG | 0 | #231 | 34 | 5,926 | |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #395 | 533 | 15,093 |
| EG | 0 | #412 | 1 | 6,387 | |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| LY | 0 | #556 | 4 | 12,703 | |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #900 | 52 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,004 | 6 | 14,742 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,233 | 4 | 25,928 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
Wunmi is popular in 5 countries — most recent births per country:
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