Given name
Olumide
“God has arrived”
Olumide is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “God has arrived.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “God has arrived.”
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 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Olumide through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 164
- 164 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −85%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 678 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Olumide’s family of names
Olumide has a related form in Olumidea. Olumide has a related form in Olumidee. Olumide has a related form in Olumidey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Olumydeavariant
- Olumydeevariant
- Olumydeyvariant
- Olumydyvariant
- Olumydievariant
- Olumydivariant
- Olumydevariant
- Olumideavariant
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People named Olumide
- Olúmìdé PópóọláNigerian novelistborn 1975
- Olumide OyedejiNigerian basketball player (born 1981)
- Olumide OworuNigerian actorborn 1994
- Olumide MakanjuolaNigerian sexual and human right activistborn 1984
- Olumide Idowuenvironmentalist, climate change expert and social media specialistborn 1987
- Olumide LucasNigerian historian and clergyman1897
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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