Omolara
Omolara is a female Nigerian name of Yoruba origins which translates to "the child is kin". The name also expands in Yoruba belief to mean that "one's child is the most reliable kin". Lara and Molara are diminutives of the name. It is predominantly given by Southwest Nigeria and Kwara state, which is part of the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria.
- Yoruba
Meaning & Origin of Omolara
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Omolara is a female Nigerian name of Yoruba origins which translates to "the child is kin". The name also expands in Yoruba belief to mean that "one's child is the most reliable kin". Lara and Molara are diminutives of the name. It is predominantly given by Southwest Nigeria and Kwara state, which is part of the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Yoruba
The Story of Omolara
Omolara first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1985, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 9 births, good for #9,873 nationwide. About 36% of every Omolara on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Omolara last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 123 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Omolara
Omolara is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1985 and has accumulated 123 births in the dataset. Omolara's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #9,873. Use the chart and map above to compare Omolara's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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