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Ogunyemi Surname Meaning

From the personal name Ògúnye̩mí (Yoruba Ògún ye̩ mí ‘Ògún suits or benefits me’

Ògún being the name of the traditional god of iron and warfare).

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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