Yewande
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yeh-WAHN-deh
- Origin
- Yoruba
Yewande is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “mother has come home”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Yewande mean?
Yoruba
“mother has come home”
Is Yewande a girl's or a boy's name?
Yewande is a girls' name.
How popular is Yewande in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 5 girls.
Yewande in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
Names like Yewande
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayomide, Tiwatope, Oluwatamilore, Iremide, Ifeoluwa, Eriifeoluwa, Temiloluwa, Ireoluwa, Araoluwa, Imisioluwa, Morireoluwa, Oluwanifemi
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Inioluwa, Ayomikun, Morayo, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Oluwademilade, Anjolaoluwa, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Akorede, Oluwadunsin
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, “Yewande: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yewande, updated 20 October 2026.