Toluwani
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- toh-loo-WAH-nee
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Toluwani is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning “it belongs to God”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Toluwani mean?
Yoruba: from ti Oluwa ni 'belongs to God'
“it belongs to God”
Yoruba name for a child dedicated to God, used for both girls and boys.
Is Toluwani a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Toluwani has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK.
How popular is Toluwani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Toluwani, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2007, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Toluwani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2009, 50% of the babies named Toluwani in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Toluwani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Toluwani in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Toluwani in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Toluwani in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
Nicknames for Toluwani
- Tolu
Names like Toluwani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oluwanifemi, Temiloluwa, Oluwadarasimi, Ifeoluwa, Tiwatope, Zinachimdi, Inioluwa, Ayomide, Oluwatamilore, Tiaraoluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Ireoluwa
More Yoruba names
Tobi, Iremide, Araoluwa, Ayomikun, Morayo, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Oluwademilade, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Akorede, Imisioluwa, Oluwadunsin, Boluwatife
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, “Toluwani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/toluwani, updated 20 October 2026.