The Christening

Enitan

Enitan (pronounced é-ni-TAN) is a unisex name of Yoruba origin, used in Nigeria. It means “The one who carries a story.”

Figures historiques Famille & lignée

More Yoruba names

Ade — Crown
Adebayo — The crown meets joy
Adekunle — The crown fills the house
Adeola — Crown of honour, crown of wealth
Ayo — Joy
Ayodele — Joy enters the house
Ayomide — My joy has arrived
Ayotunde — Joy has come back
Damilola — Showered with blessings (short form of Oluwadamilola, “God has made me wealthy”)
Ekundayo — Tears turn into joy

Aksel — 7th-century Amazigh king (Kusayla); his name is associated with the leopard
Béhanzin — The last great king of Abomey, who resisted colonial conquest (“the shark king”)
Dihya — Amazigh warrior queen of the Aurès, 7th century
Gaya — Numidian king, father of Massinissa
Makeda — The Ethiopian name of the Queen of Sheba
Mansa — King, sovereign — the title borne by Mansa Musa
Massinissa — First king of a unified Numidia, 2nd century BC
Nzinga — Queen of Ndongo and Matamba, a figure of 17th-century resistance
Pokou — Founding queen of the Baoulé people (18th century), heroine of the sacrifice at the Comoé river
Rolihlahla — The one who pulls the branch — figuratively, the one who shakes up the established order. Nelson Mandela’s birth name

“Enitan” comes from Yoruba culture (Nigeria). Every African country has its own tale in 54 Tales of Africa, our illustrated collection.