Oluwapelumi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oh-loo-wah-PEH-loo-mee
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Oluwapelumi is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “God is with me”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Oluwapelumi mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba Oluwa pelu mi
“God is with me”
A Yoruba name from Nigeria, often shortened to Pelumi.
Is Oluwapelumi a girl's or a boy's name?
Oluwapelumi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oluwapelumi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Oluwapelumi, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1999, with 6 boys.
2025 had more boys named Oluwapelumi than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Oluwapelumi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2010, 50% of the babies named Oluwapelumi in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Oluwapelumi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
Nicknames for Oluwapelumi
- Pelumi
Names like Oluwapelumi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Obaloluwa, Ifeoluwa, Obi, Enioluwa, Boluwatife, Inioluwa, Araoluwa, Ireoluwa, Ayomide, Ayodeji, Chukwuebuka, Ifechukwu
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwatamilore, Iremide, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Oluwademilade, 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, “Oluwapelumi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oluwapelumi, updated 20 October 2026.