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Bankole

Yoruba · Surname · unisex · oriki name

From bà mí ("help me") + kọ́ ("build") + ilé ("house"): "help me build a house." Read as a wish for settled, rooted family life, often after a founding generation's hardship or wandering. Shortened to Kole.

Source: Yoruba oríkì surname, cross-referenced across the DiscoverYorùbá surnames guide and independent Yoruba-naming guides

Other Yoruba surnames

From adé ("crown") + bá ("meet") + ayọ̀ ("joy"): "the crown meets joy." Shortened to Bayo.

From adé ("crown") + yẹ ("befit") + mi ("me"): "the crown befits me." A royal-lineage praise name adopted as a family name.

From a ("we") + yìn ("praise") + dé ("arrive"): "we gave praise when he arrived." A name for a child whose birth was greeted with thanksgiving, carried on as a family name.

From ayọ̀ ("joy") + dé ("arrive") + ilé ("home"): "joy has come home." Shortened to Ayo or Dele.

From bàbá ("father") + ní ("has") + ọlá ("wealth, honour"): "the father has honour" / "father is wealth." Shortened to Lola.

From Ifá (the òrìṣà of divination and destiny) + yẹ ("befit") + mi ("me"): "Ifá befits me." Marks a family tied to Ifá divination.

From Ògún (the òrìṣà of iron, war and metalwork) + bí ("give birth") + yìí ("this one"): "Ògún gave birth to this child." A family name marking a lineage that served Ògún.

From Ògún + yẹ ("befit, be worthy of") + mi ("me"): "Ògún befits me." Same òrìṣà-lineage pattern as Ogunbiyi; the -yẹmí ending also appears in Adeyemi and Oluwafemi.

From ikú ("death") + san ("repay, compensate") + ìyà ("suffering"): "death has repaid the suffering." Given to a child born after grief in the family, and kept as the lineage name.

From ọlá ("honour, prosperity") + ń rìn ("is moving") + iwájú ("ahead"): "honour moves forward" / "prosperity is advancing." Shortened to Nre or Waju.

From ọlá ("honour, wealth") + yí ... ká ("surround") + mi ("me"): "honour surrounds me." Shortened to Yinka.

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