Ajayi is both a surname and a given name of

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 ...

origin. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Florence Ajayi Florence Kikelomo Ajayi is a Nigerian women's soccer, football Defender (association football), defender, currently playing for Dínamo Guadalajara in the Spain, Spanish Segunda División (women), Second Division. Career Ajayi started her car ...

(born 1977), Nigerian footballer *

GOK Ajayi Chief Godwin Olusegun Kolawole Ajayi, SAN (29 May 1931 – 31 March 2014) popularly known by his initials GOK Ajayi, was a prominent Nigerian lawyer. Early life Ajayi was born on 29 May, 1931, at Ijebu Ode, a city in Ogun State southwestern Nig ...

(1931–2014), Nigerian lawyer, solicitor, and judge *

Goodness Ohiremen Ajayi Goodness Ohiremen Ajayi (born 6 October 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Croatian club Opatija. Career Born in Benin City, Ajayi was one of several players who moved from the Nigerian Abuja Football College ...

(born 1994), Nigerian footballer *

J. F. Ade Ajayi Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi, commonly known as J. F. Ade Ajayi, (26 May 1929 – 9 August 2014) was a Nigerian historian and a member of the Ibadan school, a group of scholars interested in introducing African perspectives to African history and ...

(1929–2014), Nigerian historian * Jay Ajayi (born 1993), American football player * Joseph Olatunji Ajayi, Nigerian senator *

Kunle Ajayi Kunle Ajayi (June 16, 1964) is a Nigerian gospel singer, songwriter, saxophonist, televangelist and Director of Music at the Redeemed Christian Church of God. Early life He was born in June 1964 in Mushin, a local government area of Lagos Stat ...

(born 1964), Nigerian gospel singer and musician *

Samuel Ajayi Samuel Gbenga Ajayi (born 2 July 1987) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Koh Kong in the Cambodian League 2. Career Ajayi was born in Lagos. He previously played for Cambodian team Phnom Penh Empire where he was n ...

(born 1984), Nigerian footballer * Semi Ajayi (born 1993), English footballer *

Tolu Ajayi Toluwalogo Ajayi (born 1946) is a Nigerian poet and writer of fiction. Biography Born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Ajayi was educated in Nigeria and the United Kingdom; in the latter country, he qualified in 1970 as a physician at the University of ...

(born 1946), Nigerian poet and writer

Given name

Ajayi Agbebaku Ajayi Agbebaku (born 6 December 1955) is a retired Nigerian Olympian who competed in the triple jump. He still holds the indoor record at the University of Missouri with his jump of 16.60 metres at the 1978 NCAA indoor championships. A ...

(born 1955), Nigerian triple jumper *

Samuel Ajayi Crowther Samuel Ajayi Crowther ( – 31 December 1891), was a Yoruba linguist, clergyman, and the first African Anglican bishop of West Africa. Born in Osogun (in what is now Ado-Awaye, Oyo State, Nigeria), he and his family were captured by slave raide ...

, (1809–1891) Nigerian clergy

Fictional

*Nathan Ajayi, Art teacher in '' Heartstopper'' {{given name, type=both Yoruba-language surnames Yoruba given names