Taiwo

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| name = Taiwo Oduala

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| meaning = First twin to taste the world.

| variant forms = Taiye, Taye, Taiyewo

| related names = Kehinde

| language = Yoruba

| see also = Kehinde

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Taiwo (variant forms: Taiye, Taye, Taiyewo){{cite web|url=http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Taiye/m|title=Taiye|access-date=October 25, 2015}} is a name of Yoruba origin meaning "the first twin to taste the world" or the one who comes before Kehinde.{{cite web|url=http://www.onlinenigeria.com/nigeriannames/ad.asp?blurb=607|title=Taiwo|website=Online Nigeria: Nigerian Names and meanings|access-date= June 10, 2015}} Although Taiwo is the firstborn twin, in Yoruba belief Taiwo is considered the younger twin, having been sent into the world by Kehinde to determine if it is the right time to be born. The names are associated with the Yoruba belief in Ibeji, sacred twins.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JY6QWgk56a8C&pg=PA46|title= African Safari for Jesus|author=Herman Bauman|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|year=2008|isbn=978-1-462-8253-70}}