Bolaji is from the Yoruba bá (meet) + olá (wealth) + jí (wake to) — one who wakes to meet wealth. A modern American baby name in the broader Yoruba-Nigerian heritage aesthetic. Bolaji Ogunmola (born 1989) is a Nigerian actress — among the most-celebrated contemporary Nollywood actresses. Foundational films include Hire a Woman (2019), Sugar Rush (2019, Netflix), Citation (2020) by Kunle Afolayan, and Aníkúlápó (2022) by Kunle Afolayan — a foundational Yoruba-language Netflix film widely considered one of the foundational works of modern Nollywood streaming cinema. Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award winner. Foundational figure in the Yoruba-language renaissance of Nollywood streaming productions.
Featured throughout Yoruba heritage and Nollywood.
Bolaji reduces to six.