title: Funmi
text: # Funmi
  
  Funmi is a Nigerian feminine given name meaning "for me" or "give me" in Yoruba. It is a diminutive version of names such as:
  
  * "Olufunmilola/Oluwafunmilola" (God has given me wealth) or "Funmilola" (give me wealth)
  * "Olufunmilayo/Oluwafunmilayo" (God has given me joy) or "Funmilayo" (give me joy).
  
  Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (born 1900, died 1978), Nigerian educator, politician and women's rights activist
  * Funmilayo Olayinka (born 1960, died 2013), Nigerian banker and politician
  * Oluwafunmilayo Olajumoke Atilade (born 1952), Nigerian jurist
  * Funmilayo Olopade (born 1957, Nigerian American physician
  * Funmi Aragbaye (born 1954), Nigerian gospel singer, songwriter and televangelist
  * Funmi Falana, Nigerian legal practitioner and women's rights activist
  * Funmi Fadoju (born 2002), English netball player
  * Funmi Iyanda (born 1971), Nigerian talk show host, broadcaster, journalist, and blogger
  * Funmi Jimoh (born 1984), American long jumper
  * Funmi Olonisakin, British-Nigerian scholar
  * Funmi Tejuosho (born 1965), Nigerian politician
  * Olajumoke Olufunmilola Adenowo (born, 1968), Nigerian architect
  * Rachel Akosua Funmilola Garton (born 1991), Nigerian singer.
  