Given name & surname
Olayinka
“surrounded by wealth and honor”
Olayinka is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “surrounded by wealth and honor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “surrounded by wealth and honor.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Olayinka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 110
- 49 boys · 61 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 11 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 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,061 as a first name in 2020; 373 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.
Olayinka’s family of names
Olayinka has a related form in Olayanka. Olayinka has a related form in Olayenka.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Olayinka
- Olayinka Koso-ThomasNigerian physicianborn 1937
- Olayinka OlajideNigerian athlete (born 2002)
- Olayinka Ramota KarimThe Vice-chancellor Fountain Universityborn 1953
- Olayinka Olusola Omigbodunprofessor of psychiatry
- Olayinka David-WestNigerian Professor of Information Systems
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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