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A LITTLE UNCOMMON. ENTIRELY YOURS.
Yero
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Origin
Documented Fulah naming tradition in Macina, Mali
Minkailou and Cissé’s 2021 study, printed pages 167–168 (PDF pages 2–3), lists Yero for a fourth son in a traditional Fulah birth-order naming account. The study interviewed 40 Fulfulde-speaking residents aged over 40 in Macina, Mopti region, Mali; it also notes that namesakes may be named without regard to birth order. This documents a specific cultural usage, not a literal translation, universal custom, or any bearer’s birth position.
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Published name usage
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| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2025 | Boys | 5 (rounded to 5) | 3146 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 1983 | Boys | 5 | 6238 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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Name history: Recorded as a traditional fourth-son name in a Malian Fulah study
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Minkailou and Cissé’s 2021 study, printed pages 167–168 (PDF pages 2–3), lists Yero for a fourth son in a traditional Fulah birth-order naming account. The study interviewed 40 Fulfulde-speaking residents aged over 40 in Macina, Mopti region, Mali; it also notes that namesakes may be named without regard to birth order. This documents a specific cultural usage, not a literal translation, universal custom, or any bearer’s birth position. Credit: Mohamed Minkailou and Amadou Cissé, International Journal of English Literature and Culture 9(6), pp. 166–170, DOI 10.14662/ijelc2021270. Source: https://academicresearchjournals.org/IJELC/PDF/2021/November/Minkailou%20and%20Cisse.pdf. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed the naming table and methodology, retaining regional and evidentiary limits. Original source rights retained; no source images or audio reused.
Original factual summary; source rights retained
Origin: Documented Fulah naming tradition in Macina, Mali
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Minkailou and Cissé’s 2021 study, printed pages 167–168 (PDF pages 2–3), lists Yero for a fourth son in a traditional Fulah birth-order naming account. The study interviewed 40 Fulfulde-speaking residents aged over 40 in Macina, Mopti region, Mali; it also notes that namesakes may be named without regard to birth order. This documents a specific cultural usage, not a literal translation, universal custom, or any bearer’s birth position. Credit: Mohamed Minkailou and Amadou Cissé, International Journal of English Literature and Culture 9(6), pp. 166–170, DOI 10.14662/ijelc2021270. Source: https://academicresearchjournals.org/IJELC/PDF/2021/November/Minkailou%20and%20Cisse.pdf. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed the naming table and methodology, retaining regional and evidentiary limits. Original source rights retained; no source images or audio reused.
Original factual summary; source rights retained
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Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.