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Ife - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ife

[ syll. i-fe, if-e ] The girl name Ife is pronounced as AYFEY KEY. Ife is largely used in the Yoruban language and its origin is African-Yoruban. The name is of the meaning love.

Ife is a rarely used baby name for girls. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Ife include Ib (English), Ihab (Arabic), Ivey (English), Ivi (English), Ivie (English), Ivy (English), Aba (Fante and Twi), Abba (English), Abbe (English), Abbey (English and Irish), Abbi (English), Abbie (English and Irish), Abby (English and German), Abbye (English), Abha (Indian), Abi (Scottish), Afaf (Arabic), Avi, Chabi (Spanish), and Eabha (Irish).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Ife: AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"


 
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Meaning of Ife