Honor confers a crown
A traditional Yoruba name from Nigeria, it translates to 'honor bestows a crown' or 'wealth makes a crown.' It signifies that the child's birth brings prestige and status to the family.
Less common today
Folasade isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #5,457 in 1996.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter born Helen Folasade Adu
Nigerian civil servant and Head of the Civil Service of the Federation
