Tiwa as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Tiwa

What is the meaning of the name Tiwa ?

The baby name Tiwa is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TEE-wah (IPA: /ˈti.wɑ/).

Tiwa is Yoruba in Origin.

Tiwa is a Yoruba given name meaning “ours” or “belonging to us,” from ti “of” + wa “we.” It stands alone in modern use and also serves as a short form of compound Yoruba names beginning with Tiwa-, such as Tiwatope (“ours is worthy of thanks/praise”), Tiwalola (“ours is wealth/honor”), Tiwalewa (“ours is beautiful”), and Tiwalade (“ours is the crown”). In Yoruba orthography it appears as Tíwá.

Long used as an affirmation that a child truly belongs to the family, Tiwa gained wider visibility in the 2010s via Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage and now appears across the diaspora. Predominantly feminine today, it is unisex in Yoruba contexts. Related forms are the longer Tiwa- compounds noted above. Elsewhere, Tiwa names Native American and Northeast Indian peoples and languages, rather than a personal name with a fixed meaning.