Morayo is a girl's name of African origin meaning “I have found joy.” In 2024 it was given to 13 girls in the United States.
Morayo at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
African
Meaning
“I have found joy”
About the name Morayo
Morayo belongs to the African tradition. Its meaning — “I have found joy” — is the sense carried by its African roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Morayo first appears in Social Security records in 1993. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #7319 in 2017, and in 2024 13 babies received the name — 154 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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