Boy name Yoruba origin Traditional tradition

Wale

WAH-lay · 4 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Short for Adewale meaning come home.
Language
Yoruba
Culture
Yoruba/Nigerian
Religion
Traditional
Style era
modern
Themes
virtue
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Popularity over time

2023 rank#12152
2023 births6
Peak year2020
First appeared2012
Total US births77
2020 peak20122015201820202023
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Alternate spellings
Walé

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