Given name
Oluyemi
“full of God; a pious man”
Oluyemi is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “full of God; a pious man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “full of God; a pious man.”
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 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Oluyemi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 5 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 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 184 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.
Oluyemi’s family of names
Oluyemi has a related form in Oluyemea. Oluyemi has a related form in Oluyemee. Oluyemi has a related form in Oluyemey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Oluyemi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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