Type Word Usage Yoruba Meaning & History Yoruba word meaning "suitable, worthy" [1]. Related ItemsDetails Given Name DescendantOpeyemi(Yoruba) Surname DescendantOpeyemi(Yoruba) Same Spellingye, yé, yè 1, yè 2, yě 1, yě 2, yẹ́ Sources & References A Dictionary of the Yoruba Language. Church Missionary Society Bookshop, 1913, page 257.