Adewale
Adewale is both a given name and a surname of Yoruba origin, meaning "the king/crown/royalty came home".[1] Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Adewale Ademoyega, (born c.1934), Nigerian Army officer
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (born 1967), British actor and model
- Prince Adewale Aladesanmi (1938–2017), Nigerian businessman
- Adewale Sunday Amusan (born 1989), Nigerian footballer
- Adewale Ayuba (born 1966), Nigerian singer-songwriter
- Adewale Ogunleye (born 1977), American football player
- Adewale Ojomo (born 1988), American football player
- Adewale Olukoju (born 1968), Nigerian discus thrower and shot putter
- Adewale Wahab (born 1984), Nigerian footballer
Surname
- Segun Adewale (born 1955), Nigerian musician
Fictional characters
- Adéwalé, a character in the video game series Assassin's Creed
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See also
References
- Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
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