Toyin
Toyin is a Nigerian given name of Yoruba origin which means "worthy of praise"/"praiseworthy". Toyin is the diminutive form of Oluwatoyin or Olutoyin.
- Yoruba
Meaning & Origin of Toyin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Toyin is a Nigerian given name of Yoruba origin which means "worthy of praise"/"praiseworthy". Toyin is the diminutive form of Oluwatoyin or Olutoyin.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Yoruba
The Story of Toyin
Toyin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1982, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2002: 7 births, good for #12,187 nationwide. About 39% of every Toyin on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Toyin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2002, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 18 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Toyin
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Toyin. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Toyin
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Toyin Adekale (born 1963), aka simply 'Toyin', British lovers rock singer
- Toyin Agbetu , British activist
- Toyin Ajayi , CEO and co-founder of Cityblock Health
- Toyin Falola (born 1953), Nigerian historian
- Toyin Odutola (born 1985), Nigerian artist
- Toyin Raji , Nigerian former actor
- Olutoyin Augustus (born 1979), Nigerian hurdler
- Oluwatoyin "Toyin" Salau , Black Lives Matter activist
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Names that sound like Toyin
Phonetically similar names — useful when Toyin is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Toyin
Toyin is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 18 births in the dataset. Toyin's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #12,187. Use the chart and map above to compare Toyin'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.