Morayooluwa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- moh-ra-yoh-oh-LOO-wa
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Morayooluwa is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “I have seen God's joy”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Morayooluwa mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba sentence name: mo ri ayo Oluwa
“I have seen God's joy”
Is Morayooluwa a girl's or a boy's name?
Morayooluwa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Morayooluwa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Morayooluwa, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Morayooluwa of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Morayooluwa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
Nicknames for Morayooluwa
- Morayo 22 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Morayooluwa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Morireoluwa, Tiaraoluwa, Imisioluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Eriifeoluwa, Ireoluwa, Inioluwa, Ifeoluwa, Araoluwa, Temiloluwa, Oluwanifemi, Oluwadarasimi
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) 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, “Morayooluwa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/morayooluwa, updated 20 October 2026.