Toluwanimi
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- toh-loo-wah-NEE-mee
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Toluwanimi is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning “I belong to God”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Toluwanimi mean?
Yoruba: ti Oluwa ni mi 'I am the Lord's'
“I belong to God”
Usually shortened to Tolu; one of many Yoruba names built on Oluwa, 'God'.
Is Toluwanimi a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Toluwanimi has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 8 boys in the UK.
How popular is Toluwanimi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Toluwanimi, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,082nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 11 boys. 8 girls were also named Toluwanimi in 2025 (3,101st for girls).
Half of all the boys named Toluwanimi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50% of the babies named Toluwanimi in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Toluwanimi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 2 | #6,082 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
How popular is Toluwanimi in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Toluwanimi in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Toluwanimi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Nicknames for Toluwanimi
- Tolu
Names like Toluwanimi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oluwatobi, Oluwafikayomi, Oluwadarasimi, Boluwatife, Inioluwa, Enioluwa, Ireoluwa, Araoluwa, Oluwadunsin, Obaloluwa, Ifeoluwa, Obi
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Ayomide, Tobi, 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), 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, “Toluwanimi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/toluwanimi, updated 20 October 2026.