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Mayowa

Máyọ̀wá

/mah-YOH-wah/Yoruba · a boy or girl’s name

Bring joy; a lovely wish for happiness to enter the family.

How to say it
mah-YOH-wah
Traditional Yoruba spelling
Máyọ̀wá
Used in
Nigeria, Benin
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

MayowaMáyọ̀wá

Nicknames & short forms

Mayo

From the same family