Morenike
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- moh-reh-NEE-keh
- Origin
- Yoruba
Morenike is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “I have found someone to cherish”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Morenike mean?
Yoruba: from mo rẹ́ ni kẹ́ 'I have found someone to cherish'
“I have found someone to cherish”
A Yoruba name given to a child who is doted on, meaning I have found someone to cherish.
Is Morenike a girl's or a boy's name?
Morenike is a girls' name.
How popular is Morenike in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Morenike in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Morenike in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
Names like Morenike
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayomide, Tiwatope, Iremide, Oluwatamilore, Temiloluwa, Ifeoluwa, Morireoluwa, Inioluwa, Ireoluwa, Araoluwa, Oluwanifemi, Adesuwa
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Ayomikun, Morayo, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Oluwademilade, Anjolaoluwa, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Akorede, Imisioluwa, Oluwadunsin
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, “Morenike: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/morenike, updated 20 October 2026.