Yoruba · Girl name
Adunni
“sweetness has come”
About the name Adunni
Adunni is a Yoruba feminine name, usually explained as ‘sweet to have’ or ‘sweetness has come’, from adun ‘sweetness’. It expresses the joy a daughter brings to her family and is used in Nigeria and the Yoruba diaspora. In literature, Adunni is the narrator of Abi Daré’s novel The Girl with the Louding Voice, about a Nigerian girl from a village who fights to get an education.
- Meaning
- sweetness has come
- Origin
- Yoruba
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- ah-DOO-nee(3 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Adunni
- Adunni Joy
- Adunni Ayo
- Adunni Sade
- Adunni Tolu
- Adunni Bola
Questions about Adunni
- What does Adunni mean?
- Adunni is a Yoruba name meaning "sweetness has come".
- How do you pronounce Adunni?
- Adunni is pronounced ah-DOO-nee, with emphasis on the second syllable.
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