| Damilola | Ife | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Bless me with wealth | Love |
| Origin | yoruba | yoruba |
| Gender | Unisex | Unisex |
| Pronunciation | dah-mee-LOH-lah | EE-feh |
| Syllables | 4 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 1970 |
| Peak year | 2005 (13) | 1977 (16) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Damilola | Ife |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 21 | 0 |
| 2010s | 75 | 42 |
| 2000s | 69 | 18 |
| 1990s | 29 | 20 |
| 1980s | 5 | 40 |
| 1970s | 0 | 82 |
A Yoruba sentence-name meaning roughly 'bless/enrich me with wealth,' from da mi l'ola. Used for either sex and often clipped to Dami or Lola.
From Yoruba ife, 'love.' It also serves as a short form of theophoric names such as Ifeoluwa ('love of God'). A distinct, unrelated Yoruba word Ife also names the ancient city Ile-Ife.
Damilola and Ife are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Damilola means Bless me with wealth (yoruba origin), while Ife means Love (yoruba origin).
In US records, Damilola first appears in 0 and Ife in 1970, so Damilola has the longer recorded history.