Given name & surname
Abayomi
“a bringer of joy”
Abayomi is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “a bringer of joy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a bringer of joy.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Abayomi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 221
- 221 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 722 as a first name in 2020; 180 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Abayomi’s family of names
Abayomi has a related form in Abayomea. Abayomi has a related form in Abayomee. Abayomi has a related form in Abayomey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Abayomi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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