Yoruba · Boy name
Damilare
“God has vindicated me”
About the name Damilare
Damilare is a Yoruba masculine name, a short form of Oluwadamilare, meaning ‘God has vindicated me’ or ‘God has justified me’. It comes from the phrase da mi lare, ‘declare me in the right’, and expresses a family’s thanks that God has proved them right after hardship or doubt. Like many Yoruba theophoric names it is used with or without the prefix Oluwa ‘God’, and it is given in Nigeria and the diaspora.
- Meaning
- God has vindicated me
- Origin
- Yoruba
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- dah-MEE-lah-ray(4 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Damilare
- Damilare Temitope
- Damilare Adeola
- Damilare Oluwaseun
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- Damilare Toluwa
Questions about Damilare
- What does Damilare mean?
- Damilare is a Yoruba name meaning "God has vindicated me".
- How do you pronounce Damilare?
- Damilare is pronounced dah-MEE-lah-ray, with emphasis on the second syllable.
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