Ayotunde
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-yoh-TOON-deh
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Ayotunde is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “joy has come again”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Ayotunde mean?
Yoruba: from ayo 'joy' + tun 'again' + de 'arrive'
“joy has come again”
Traditionally given to a child seen as restoring happiness to the family.
Is Ayotunde a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayotunde is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ayotunde in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Ayotunde, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 1999, with 7 boys.
2025 had more boys named Ayotunde than any year since 2003.
Half of all the boys named Ayotunde in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Ayotunde in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
Nicknames for Ayotunde
- Ayo
- Tunde
Names like Ayotunde
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayomide, Ademide, Boluwatife, Araoluwa, Oluwademilade, Oluwatobi, Iremide, Oluwatamilore, Ifeoluwa, Enioluwa, Oluwadunsin, Ireoluwa
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Inioluwa, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Anjolaoluwa, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Akorede
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ayotunde: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayotunde, updated 20 October 2026.