Given nameMasculine

Babatúndé

/bah-bah-TOON-deh/

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Meaning

Father returns.

Bàbá (father) + túndé (has returned): a boy born after a grandfather’s death, understood as that elder come back to the family. Its feminine counterpart is Ìyábọ̀, "mother returns".

This is àmútọ̀runwá, a name a child is "born with": the circumstance of the birth chooses the name.

In the same family

Ìyábọ̀"Mother returns", for a girl born after a grandmother’s passing.

Who carries it

Yoruba (Yorùbá)

Provenance

generated: 2026-07-04
source: Model-knowledge aggregation pass (2026-07-04); unverified, awaiting community affirmation.

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