Erioluwa
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- eh-ree-oh-LOO-wah
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Erioluwa is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning “testimony of God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Erioluwa mean?
Yoruba: eri 'evidence, testimony' + Oluwa 'God'
“testimony of God”
One of many Yoruba names built on Oluwa, 'God' or 'the Lord'.
Is Erioluwa a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Erioluwa has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 6 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Erioluwa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 633% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Erioluwa, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 girls. 6 boys were also named Erioluwa in 2025 (3,329th for boys).
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Erioluwa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Erioluwa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Erioluwa, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2019, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the boys named Erioluwa in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Erioluwa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
Nicknames for Erioluwa
- Eri 4 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Erioluwa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tiaraoluwa, Ireoluwa, Araoluwa, Inioluwa, Eriifeoluwa, Imisioluwa, Temiloluwa, Ifeoluwa, Morireoluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Kamsiyochukwu, Adesuwa
Names related to Erioluwa
More Yoruba names
Ayomide, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwatamilore, Iremide, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Sade, Oluwademilade, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Akorede, Oluwadunsin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Erioluwa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/erioluwa, updated 20 October 2026.