Babatunde; male names: Babatunde, Babawande, Babajide
Yetunde (variant forms: Yewande, Yeside, Yetide, Yejide, Yetunji, Yebode; alternatively spelled Iyabo or Iyabode)[1][2] is a traditional name of the Yoruba ethnic group for females which factors into Yoruba religious beliefs, meaning "Mother has returned".[3][4]
Notable people with the name include:
Anthonia Yetunde Alabi, Nigerian musician and businesswoman.
Yetunde Barnabas, Nigerian actress
Yetunde Onanuga, Nigerian politician
Yetunde Price, the elder half-sister of tennis players Venus Williams and Serena Williams.
Yetide Badaki, American actress
Yejide Kilanko, Nigerian-Canadian writer
Agnes Yewande Savage, Scottish-Nigerian physician
Yewande Osho, British comedian and actress.
Yewande Adekoya, Nigerian actress.
Yewande Akinola, Nigerian engineer
Yewande Olubummo, American scientist
Yewande Komolafe, American chef
Notable people with the alternative name form include:
Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, daughter of Nigerian former president.
^Rhoda Omosunlola Johnston; A. Nupo Samuel (1973). Iyabo of Nigeria. Alpha Iota Chapter of Pi Lambda Theta, Claremont Graduate School (Indiana University). ISBN 9780914522010.
^Vincent L. Wimbush (2012). African Americans and the Bible: Sacred Texts and Social Textures. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 170. ISBN 9781610979641.
^"Girl names, Baby names: Yetunde". The Name Meaning. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
^Marcellina Ulunma Okehie-Offoha; Matthew N. O. Sadiku (1996). Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Nigeria. Africa World Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-865-4328-33.
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