Ayinla (name)

Ayinla
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Yoruba
Origin
Word/name	Nigerian
Meaning	A child meant to be praised, fêted, and disciplined
Region of origin	South-west Nigeria.

Ayinla^ⓘ is a Nigerian masculine name, and oríkì of Yoruba origin, meaning "A child meant to be praised, fêted, and disciplined." The gloss of the name combines à (someone), yìn (praise, fête), and lá (instruct, discipline) morphologically structured as " Àyìnlá ".^[1]

Notable people with the name

First name

Ayinla Omowura (1933–1980), Nigerian apala musician
Ayinla Kollington (born 1949), Nigerian musician

Surname

Bolaji Ayinla (born 1960), Nigerian politician
Fatai Ayinla (1939–2016), Nigerian amateur boxer

References

^ Oyěwùmí, Oyèrónkẹ́; Girma, Hewan (2023-06-08). Naming Africans: On the Epistemic Value of Names. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-031-13475-3.

[1] Oyěwùmí, Oyèrónkẹ́; Girma, Hewan (2023-06-08). Naming Africans: On the Epistemic Value of Names. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-031-13475-3.

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