Femi
Femi is a boy name of Yoruba origin, meaning God loves me.
What Femi means
God loves me.
Femi is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Femi comes from
Yoruba names are full sentences compressed into a word, and they commonly record something true about the birth — the circumstances, the family's gratitude, or a hope for the child.
Femi is recorded as Yoruba in origin. Browse other Yoruba names.
How popular is Femi?
Femi sits outside the top 100 boy names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Femi
We group Femi under Love and faith — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Femi
These share Femi's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Amadeus — Lover of God.
- Khalil — Friend; companion.
- Madhav — Sweet like honey; Krishna.
- Radha — Success; beloved of Krishna.
- Ife — Love.
- David — Beloved.
- Declan — Full of goodness; an Irish saint.
- Makoto — Sincerity, truth.
- Abraham — Father of multitudes.
- Abram — Exalted father.
- Adil — Just and fair.
- Ambrose — Immortal.