Oreoluwa
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- oh-reh-oh-LOO-wa
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Oreoluwa is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Oreoluwa mean?
Yoruba: ore 'gift' + Oluwa 'God'
“gift of God”
Is Oreoluwa a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Oreoluwa has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 9 boys in the UK and 10 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Oreoluwa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Oreoluwa, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 19 girls. 9 boys were also named Oreoluwa in 2025 (2,511th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Oreoluwa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50% of the babies named Oreoluwa in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Oreoluwa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Oreoluwa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Oreoluwa, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999. 5 boys were also named Oreoluwa in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Oreoluwa in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oreoluwa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
Nicknames for Oreoluwa
- Ore
Names like Oreoluwa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ifeoluwa, Temiloluwa, Inioluwa, Ireoluwa, Tiaraoluwa, Araoluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Oluwanifemi, Imisioluwa, Oluwatamilore, Morireoluwa, Oluwadarasimi
Names related to Oreoluwa
More Yoruba names
Ayomide, Tobi, Iremide, Ayomikun, Morayo, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Sade, Oluwademilade, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Akorede, Oluwadunsin, Boluwatife, Eriifeoluwa, Eniola
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Oreoluwa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oreoluwa, updated 20 October 2026.