Motunrayo
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- moh-toon-RAH-yoh
- Origin
- Yoruba
Motunrayo is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “I have found joy again”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Motunrayo mean?
Yoruba: from mo tun ri ayo 'I have found joy again'
“I have found joy again”
A Yoruba name meaning I have found joy again, often given after a family has known sorrow.
Is Motunrayo a girl's or a boy's name?
Motunrayo is a girls' name.
How popular is Motunrayo in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Motunrayo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Motunrayo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Motunrayo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayomide, Tiwatope, Morireoluwa, Ifeoluwa, Temiloluwa, Inioluwa, Ireoluwa, Munachimso, Oluwanifemi, Araoluwa, Morayo, Eriifeoluwa
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwatamilore, Iremide, Ayomikun, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Oluwademilade, Anjolaoluwa, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Akorede, Imisioluwa
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, “Motunrayo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/motunrayo, updated 20 October 2026.