Adeyemi is a
Yoruba
The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute ...
name that means "The crown befits me". It could also mean crown is meant for me.
The prefix 'Ade' which means Crown is typically reserved for people born into the royal family.
Given name
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Adeyemi Abayomi, Nigerian boxer
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Adeyemi Afolahan
Adeyemi Ambrose Afolahan (born 26 December 1949) was appointed the first Administrator of Taraba State, Nigeria in August 1991 after the state was created from part of the old Gongola State during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.
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, Nigerian Navy admiral
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Adeyemi Afolayan
Adeyemi Josiah Afolayan (1940–1996) was a Nigerian actor, filmmaker, dramatist, and producer.
Early life
Afolayan was born in 1940 in Kwara state Nigeria, he was a film actor, director, and producer. He is the brother of actress Toyin Afola ...
, Nigerian actor
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Adeyemi I Alowolodu, last ruler of the
Oyo Empire
The Oyo Empire was a powerful Yoruba empire of West Africa made up of parts of present-day eastern Benin and western Nigeria (including Southwest zone and the western half of Northcentral zone). It grew to become the largest Yoruba language, ...
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Adeyemi Ikuforiji
Sabit Adeyemi Ikuforiji (; born 24 August 1958) is a Nigerian economist and politician who served as speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly from 2005 to 2015.
He was charged alongside his former personal assistant Oyebode Atoyebi on a ...
, Nigerian politician
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Adeyemi Olayemi, Nigerian politician
Surname
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Karim Adeyemi
Karim-David Adeyemi (born 18 January 2002) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger, striker or attacking-midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team.
Club career Red Bull Salzburg
Adeyem ...
, German footballer
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Kunlé Adeyemi
Kunlé Adeyemi was born on the and is a Nigerian architect, urbanist and creative researcher. Adeyemi is founder and principal of NLÉ, an architecture, design and urbanism practice, based in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. Adeyemi studied at th ...
, Nigerian architect
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Tom Adeyemi, English footballer
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Tomi Adeyemi
Tomi Adeyemi (born August 1, 1993) is a Nigerian-American novelist and creative writing coach. She is known for her novel ''Children of Blood and Bone'', the first in the ''Legacy of Orïsha'' trilogy published by Henry Holt Books for Young Reade ...
, American author
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Walé Adeyemi
Walé Adeyemi MBE is a British-Nigerian fashion designer. He has worked as head designer at B-side, former creative director at New Era, an entrepreneur, industry spokesperson, music promoter, ambassador for The Prince's Trust and stylist to nume ...
, British fashion designer
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Adeyemo
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Yoruba given names
Yoruba-language surnames