Tifeoluwa
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- tee-feh-oh-LOO-wah
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Tifeoluwa is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning “of God's love”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Tifeoluwa mean?
Yoruba: ti 'of' + ife 'love' + Oluwa 'God'
“of God's love”
One of many Yoruba names built on Oluwa, 'God' or 'the Lord'.
Is Tifeoluwa a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Tifeoluwa has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 9 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Tifeoluwa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Tifeoluwa, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 boys. 8 girls were also named Tifeoluwa in 2025 (3,101st for girls).
In 2025, 47% of the babies named Tifeoluwa in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Tifeoluwa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
How popular is Tifeoluwa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Tifeoluwa, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 2014. 5 girls were also named Tifeoluwa in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Tifeoluwa in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tifeoluwa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
Nicknames for Tifeoluwa
- Tife
Names like Tifeoluwa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Araoluwa, Enioluwa, Ireoluwa, Obaloluwa, Inioluwa, Ifeoluwa, Chukwuebuka, Oluwadunsin, Oluwatobiloba, Tobechukwu, Boluwatife, Kamsiyochukwu
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Ayomide, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwatamilore, Iremide, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Oreoluwa, Sade, Oluwademilade, Anjolaoluwa, Olamide, Akorede
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, “Tifeoluwa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tifeoluwa, updated 20 October 2026.