Oluwafunmilayo
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-loo-wa-foon-mee-LAH-yoh
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Oluwafunmilayo is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “God has given me joy”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Oluwafunmilayo mean?
Yoruba: from Oluwa 'God' + fun mi ni ayo 'gave me joy'
“God has given me joy”
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, the Nigerian women's rights campaigner, bore its shorter form Funmilayo.
Is Oluwafunmilayo a girl's or a boy's name?
Oluwafunmilayo is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oluwafunmilayo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Oluwafunmilayo, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2001, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Oluwafunmilayo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Oluwafunmilayo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
Nicknames for Oluwafunmilayo
- Funmi
- Funmilayo
- Layo
Names like Oluwafunmilayo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oluwanifemi, Eriifeoluwa, Temiloluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Ifeoluwa, Imisioluwa, Morireoluwa, Tiaraoluwa, Inioluwa, Ireoluwa, Araoluwa, Ayomide
More Yoruba names
Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, 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, “Oluwafunmilayo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oluwafunmilayo, updated 20 October 2026.