Yemisi is a girl's name of African origin meaning “honour me.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Yemisi belongs to the African tradition. Its meaning — “honour me” — is the sense carried by its African roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Yemisi first appears in Social Security records in 1983. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #12046 in 1983, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 10 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Yemisi means “honour me” in its African roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Yemisi is a girl name.
Yemisi comes from the African tradition.
Yemisi first appears in US records in 1983. Its best-ever ranking was #12046 in 1983, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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