High confidenceClassical Arabic
مُطِيع
Muṭīʿ
/mu-TEE/
Meaning
Obedient; compliant; one who follows Allah's commands
Yorùbá Adaptation
Yorùbá form
Mutiu
Mù-ti-ù
Arabic origin
مُطِيع
Muṭīʿ
The Arabic 'Muṭīʿ' (مُطِيع) adapted into Yorùbá as 'Mutiu'. The emphatic ṭ was replaced with the plain 't'. The ī vowel collapsed, and the final ʿ (ayin) — a pharyngeal consonant absent in Yorùbá — was dropped, replaced with the open vowel 'u'.
Islamic Context
From the root ṭ-w-ʿ (to obey). A classical Arabic name indicating religious devotion.