Ife - Meaning of Ife

What does Ife mean?

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Ife

[ 2 syll. i-fe, if-e ] The baby girl name Ife is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced as iy-FEH- †. Ife has its origins in the African-Yoruban language. It is used largely in African and Yoruban. The name Ife means 'love'.

Forms of Ife include the names Ifeh and Iffe.

Ife is uncommon as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Ife include Ibby, Iffa, Ihab (Arabic), Ipi, Ipo, Ivanne, Ivi (English), Iwa, Aoife (English, Gaelic, and Irish), Eevi (Finnish), Ephee, Ephey, Eubh (Scottish and Gaelic), Evey (English), Evi (German and Hungarian), Evie (English, Spanish, and Hungarian), Evy (English), Oifa, Iyabo (African), and Afua (African, Ewe, Swahili, and Twi).

† English pronunciation for Ife: IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)"