Adewale Explained

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

Given name

• Adewale Ademoyega (born), 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 Maja-Pearce (born 1953), Anglo-Nigerian writer, journalist and literary critic
• 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 Tinubu (born 1967), Nigerian businessman, consultant and lawyer
• 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

See also

• Adewole

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. 8 September 2018. 16.