Inioluwa
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- ee-nee-oh-LOO-wa
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Inioluwa is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning “God's possession”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Inioluwa mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba ini + Oluwa
“God's possession”
A Yoruba name combining ini, property or possession, with Oluwa, the Lord.
Is Inioluwa a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Inioluwa has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls and 14 boys in the UK and 11 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Inioluwa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,512th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 475% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Inioluwa, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. 14 boys were also named Inioluwa in 2025 (1,859th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Inioluwa of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Inioluwa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 60% of the babies named Inioluwa in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Inioluwa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
How popular is Inioluwa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Inioluwa, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008. 11 girls were also named Inioluwa in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Inioluwa in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Inioluwa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
Nicknames for Inioluwa
- Ini
Names like Inioluwa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ireoluwa, Ifeoluwa, Tiaraoluwa, Temiloluwa, Araoluwa, Imisioluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Morireoluwa, Eriifeoluwa, Kamsiyochukwu, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwanifemi
Names related to Inioluwa
More Yoruba names
Ayomide, Tobi, Oluwatamilore, Iremide, Ayomikun, Morayo, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Oluwademilade, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Akorede, Oluwadunsin, Boluwatife
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, “Inioluwa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/inioluwa, updated 20 October 2026.