Olanrewaju
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oh-lahn-reh-WAH-joo
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Olanrewaju is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “wealth is moving forward”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Olanrewaju mean?
Yoruba: from ola 'wealth, honour' and n rewaju 'is moving forward'
“wealth is moving forward”
A Yoruba name usually shortened to Lanre.
Is Olanrewaju a girl's or a boy's name?
Olanrewaju is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Olanrewaju in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Olanrewaju, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 10 boys.
2025 had more boys named Olanrewaju than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Olanrewaju in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Olanrewaju in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 2 | #6,493 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
Nicknames for Olanrewaju
- Lanre
Names like Olanrewaju
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oluwatobi Obaloluwa Oluwatobiloba Kamsiyochukwu Oluwadunsin Boluwatife Oluwademilade Ifeoluwa Inioluwa Oluwatamilore Enioluwa Naetochukwu
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa Ayomide Tobi Oluwadarasimi Ireoluwa Iremide Araoluwa Ayomikun Oluwanifemi Morayo Temiloluwa Oreoluwa Sade Anjolaoluwa Tifeoluwa Olamide
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, “Olanrewaju: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/olanrewaju, updated 20 October 2026.