| Damilola | Temitope | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Bless me with wealth | Mine is worthy of thanksgiving |
| Origin | yoruba | yoruba |
| Gender | Unisex | Unisex |
| Pronunciation | dah-mee-LOH-lah | teh-mee-TOH-peh |
| Syllables | 4 | 4 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2005 (13) | 2004 (17) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Damilola | Temitope |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 21 | 7 |
| 2010s | 75 | 53 |
| 2000s | 69 | 84 |
| 1990s | 29 | 73 |
| 1980s | 5 | 32 |
| 1970s | 0 | 11 |
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.
A Yoruba sentence-name, roughly 'mine is worthy of thanks/praise,' from temi ('mine') + ope ('thanks, gratitude'). Like many Yoruba names it is frequently shortened, here to Tope.
Damilola and Temitope are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Damilola means Bless me with wealth (yoruba origin), while Temitope means Mine is worthy of thanksgiving (yoruba origin).
In US records, Damilola first appears in 0 and Temitope in 0, so Damilola has the longer recorded history.