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Ìdòwú — Child born after twins
Category: Names
A name traditionally given to the child born immediately after a set of twins.
Names like this reflect how Yorùbá naming customs often mark a child's exact place in the family story.
Yorùbá naming customs include a whole sequence of names tied to birth order and circumstance, and Ìdòwú is one of the best known — reserved specifically for the child born right after a set of twins.
If another child follows an Ìdòwú, that next child traditionally receives yet another specific name, continuing a pattern of names that record a family's exact birth sequence rather than just marking who came first.
Example: Orúkọ ọmọ tí a bí lẹ́yìn ìbejì ni Ìdòwú. — "Idowu is the name of the child born after twins."
Related words:
- Ìbejì — Twins
- Àlàbá — The name traditionally given to the child born after Ìdòwú