Adebowale Explained

Adebowale
Gender:	Male
Language:	Yoruba
Origin:	Nigeria
Meaning:	The crown or royalty returns back home.
Region:	South West, Nigeria

Adébọ̀wálé is both a surname and a given name of Yoruba origin, meaning "the crown or royalty returns back home".^[1] Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Adebowale A. Adeyemo, Nigerian physician-scientist and genetic epidemiologist
• Adebowale Adefuye (1947–2015), Nigerian diplomat and historian
• Adebowale Ogungbure (born 1981), Nigerian footballer

Surname

• Bayo Adebowale (born 1944), Nigerian poet, writer, critic and librarian
• Emmanuel Adebowale (born 1997), English footballer
• Michael Adebowale (born 1991), Islamist convicted of the murder of Lee Rigby
• Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale (born 1962), British politician

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks , P. . Coates. R.. McClure. P.. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. 2016. 978-0-19-252747-9. 7 September 2018. 15.