Given name & surname

Bandele

“child who is born away from home”·“one who is born away from home”

Bandele is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “child who is born away from home” (African) and “one who is born away from home” (African). These may reflect different naming traditions.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Interpretations include “child who is born away from home” (African) and “one who is born away from home” (African). These may reflect different naming traditions.

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is African.

Bandele’s family of names

Bandele has a related form in Bandel. Bandele has a related form in Bandela. Bandele has a related form in Bandell.

Walk Bandele’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 5

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Bandele, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

African

Bekele

“he has grown”

No U.S. birth series

74% boys · 26% girls

African

Banji

“the second-born of twins” · “the second born of twins”

No U.S. birth series

86% boys · 14% girls

African

Badu

“the tenth-born child”

No U.S. birth series

83% boys · 17% girls

African · Nature

Badru

“born beneath the full moon”

No U.S. birth series

86% boys · 14% girls

Hindi

Babu

“sir, young master, father” · “one who is grandfatherly”

No U.S. birth series

97% boys · 3% girls

African

Baakir

“the eldest child”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

African

Berhane

“my child is my light”

No U.S. birth series

99% boys · 1% girls

African

Bayode

“one who brings joy”

No U.S. birth series

78% boys · 22% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Bandele’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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