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Oñí ocán

Meaning: Among the practitioners of Cuban Òrìs̩à tradition, Oñí Ocán is said to mean " heart of honey or sweetness." It is a name typically given to the initiates of Ochún/Oshún (Ò̩s̩un in Yorùbá language) This name is derived from the Yorùbá name "Oyínkán," which is the abbreviation of either "Oyínkánsádé" (honey dripped onto the crown - of our royal lineage) or "Oyínkánsó̩lá" (honey dripped onto wealth/nobility).

Ochún miguá

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."

Olochunde

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.

Okàntómi

Meaning: This is a name given after ordination of an Orisha priest/ess in the Afro-Cuban Yoruba religious tradition known as Lukumi/Santeria/Regla de Ocha. This particular name is given to Oshun worshipers, and believed to mean something like "Oshun's Heart" "Heart of Water" "Heart that is water" or even "Oshun is sufficient".

ochún eletí elegguá

Meaning: This name is rather common among initiates of Cuban Orisa religion known as Regla de Ocha/Santería/Lucumí religion. They have given various theories as to its meaning, including “someone who has both Oshun (Ọ̀ṣun) and Elegguá (Ẹlẹ́gbáa) deities.” This name is derived from Ọ̀ṣúntiléwá or Ọ̀ṣúnlátiléwá - Ọ̀ṣun has come from home

Oyinilé

Meaning: Sweet Home/The House of Honey/Beehive.

Ocán tomí

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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