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Brief Meaning: 1. King, royal one, god-king 2. A shortening of longer names referring to god(s) named Ọlọ́fin like Ọlọ́fínṣawo, Ọlọ́fínjóùnbọ́, Ọlọ́fínṣọpẹ́, etc

Olú

Brief Meaning: 1. The head. 2. The prominent one. 3. The lord. 4. God (olúwa) 5. The hero/champion

Ọ̀ṣínbàjò

Brief Meaning: The king has returned from a journey.

Ṣónibárẹ́

Brief Meaning: 1. I'm related to the sorcerer (or "Òrìṣà Oko". See below). 2. See "Extra information about this name" for other meaning and variants.

Ọjọrá

Brief Meaning: A gathering of Alara's people.

Bámitẹ́fá

Brief Meaning: Help me spread the Ifá mat; join me in Ifá practice.

Gbéminúyì

Brief Meaning: Help me get honourable.

Àbẹ̀ní

Brief Meaning: We begged to have (this one).

Brief Meaning: Among practitioners of Cuban Òrìsà tradition/remnants of Yorùbá culture in Cuba, the belief is that it means "the mantle of the prince." In fact, this is derived from the Yorùbá name "Odùo̩lá" which means "Odù of wealth." Depending on context, Odù may refer to Orisa Odù, the deity who is the principal wife of the Ọ̀rúnmìlà. But it is also a name given primarily to devotees and priests of Òrìṣà Odùduwà, ancestral father of the Yorùbá nation.

Ewinletí

Brief Meaning: In Cuban usage, the belief is that it means "the ears of Obatala." In Yorùbá language, Iwínlétí means "the forest spirit/fairy (O̩bàtálá) has ears (listens to petitions)"

Adé eggun

Brief Meaning: Among cuban practitioners of Yoruba spiritual tradition, the belief is that the name means "the crown of the dead." In Yorùbá language of west Africa, the name "Adégún" means "the crown is symmetrical/in good order." Names with the word "adé" (crown) may, at times, be given to those born into royal lineages.

Coralí

Brief Meaning: Among cuban practitioners of yorùbá-based religious tradition, the belief is that it means "the most beautiful crown of Obatala." In Yorùbá language of Nigeria, the closest cognate would be "Kó̩lárìn." It means "walks with wealth/nobility." For an initiate of the deity O̩bàtálá, the unabridged name can be "Òòs̩ákó̩lárìn" meaning "Òòs̩àálá gathers and walks about with nobility/honor." This is the version in Yorùbáland.

Oddufora

Brief Meaning: Among practitioners of Cuban Òrìṣà tradition known as Santería (Lucumí), the belief is that it means "the wandering prince." It is a name typically given to Ọbàtálá initiates in the Yorùbá-based religious tradition of Cuba.

Ala Iña

Brief Meaning: Among practitioners of Cuban Òrìṣà tradition, the Yorùbá-based religious tradition that developed in the island of Cuba, the name Ala Iña is said by practitioners to mean "the mantle of fire (from the core of the earth)." It is a name given to initiates of Santería/Lucumí. The name is derived from the Yorùbá name "O̩láníyan," which, in Yorùbá language, means "wealth/nobility has a proud gait/swagger." In Yorùbá culture it is given to a newborn as a result of a birth within nobility.

Ochún miguá

Brief Meaning: For practitioners of Cuban òrìs̩à tradition, which is the Yorùbá-based religious tradition that developed in Cuba, Ochún Miguá is said to mean "Oshún (a Yorùbá river deity) brought this one in her arms." It is used within the Cuban òrìṣà community as a possible name for initiates of that goddess. The equivalent Yorùbá name in West Africa is "Ò̩s̩únmúyìíwá," which means "Ò̩s̩un (a Yorùbá river deity) brought this one."

Ẹfunmirè

Brief Meaning: This is my purity (chalk).

Omí Saidé

Brief Meaning: Among practitioners of Cuban Òrìṣà tradition, Omi Saide is said to mean "the crown of water." In actuality, the cuban orisa name Omí Saidé is derived from the Yorùbá name Omísè̩hìndè. It means "water remained after (as replacement)." Omi (water) is a prefix used for a number of names for devotees of Yorùbá river deities such as Yemo̩ja, Erinlè̩, etc. The name can suggest a series of abiku or still births where intervention by one of the water deities prevented further child deaths. It can also mean that after a series of only girls that a boy was born at long last. An alternate version of this name is Omísè̩hìndé, meaning "water has arrived finally." This suggests that after period of barrenness a baby arrived with the help of a water deity one paid devotion to.

Olochunde

Brief Meaning: Among the practitioners of Cuban òrìs̩à tradition, the name is said to mean "the coronation of Ochún/Oshún" (Ò̩s̩un in Yorùbá language). In the Yoruba language of west Africa, the name "O̩ló̩sundé" means "the priest of Ò̩s̩un has arrived. " Ò̩s̩un is a female yorùbá water deity.

Ofeicita

Brief Meaning: In cuban usage, the meaning they give it is "witness of the itá." (Itá is what cuban orisa devotees refer to the divination with 16 cowries shells on the 3rd day of an orisa initiation.) This name is derived from Fèyís̩ìtàn (alternately "Fèyís̩ètàn"), short for "Olúfèyís̩ètàn," meaning "The head of the household used this one to make memorable history."

Bánjókò

Brief Meaning: Sit with me (till old age).

Ocán tomí

Brief Meaning: It is said among devotees within cuban òrìs̩à tradition that the name means "water and heart," or, alternately, "heart of water." In yoruba language, the name is derived from several possibilities. Ò̩kántò̩mí is the abbreviation of Ò̩kántò̩míwá or Ò̩kántò̩mídé, meaning "one (child) came directly to me" or "one (child) arrived directly to me." It can be used to refer to a child born after one has attended a festival for devotion to a yorùbá deity praying for assistance with fertility. Another possibility is Ò̩kántómi, meaning "one is enough for me." It suggests that the mother or parents gave birth to a single child after many failed attemps or infant deaths. (àbíkú)

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