Given name & surname
Taiwo
“the firstborn of twins”
Taiwo is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “the firstborn of twins.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “the firstborn of twins.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
How it developed
From Yoruba Táíwò (“the first child born in a set of twins”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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
Taiwo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 210
- 147 boys · 63 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 16 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 girls is 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,656 as a first name in 2020; 1,132 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.
Taiwo’s family of names
Taiwo has a related form in Taewo. Taiwo has a related form in Tawo. Taiwo has a related form in Taywo.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Taiwo
- Taiwo AwoniyiNigerian association football playerborn 1997
- Taiwo Ajai-LycettNigerian poet and actressborn 1941
- Taiwo Odubiyiauthor and religious ministerborn 1965
- Taiwo HassanNigerian actor1959–2026
- Taiwo AtienoAssociation football forward (born 1985)
- Taiwo OwatemiBritish politician and Labour MPborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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