Perhaps from the phraseẹ̀- +‎gbá +‎lé +‎igbó, literally“Ones who wander and hit the forest”, compare withẸ̀gbádò

• IPA^(key):/ɛ̀.ɡ͡bá/

Ẹ̀gbá

1. theEgba people, asubgroup of theYoruba people, historically consisting of three sections, theGbágùrá orẸ̀gbá-Àgùrá, theẸ̀gbá Òkè-Ọ̀nà, and theẸ̀gbá Aké (also known as, and after 1840, theÒwú andÌbarà have also been regarded as a subgroup within the Ẹ̀gbá capital ofAbeokuta).
2. The dialect of Yoruba spoken by the Ẹ̀gbá people