Lekan is a Yoruba name common in Nigeria. Other variations of the name includes Olalekan, Olamilekan, Adelekan and it mostly a male first name. It means "''my wealth has increased''".
Notable people with the name Lekan
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Lekan Babalola, Nigerian jazz percussionist and musician
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Lekan Balogun, Nigerian dramatist and theatre director
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Lekan Balogun (politician)
Lekan Balogun is a Nigerian monarch. He is the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadan.
Birth
He was born Moshood Olalekan Balogun in Ali-Iwo compound, Ibadan North East Local Government Area of Oyo State
Oyo State is an inland States of Nigeria, state in sou ...
, Nigerian senator and Ibadan king
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Lekan Fatodu
Olalekan Fatodu is a Nigerian journalist, public relations expert and development practitioner. He is the Senior Special Assistant on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) to the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Early life and ed ...
, Nigerian Journalist
Notable people with the name Olalekan
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Afeez Aremu Olalekan, Nigerian footballer
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Bashorun Olalekan, Nigerian academic
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Olalekan Bola, Nigerian footballer
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Olalekan Jeyifous Olalekan Jeyifous (born 1977), commonly known as Lek (pronounced "Lake"), is a Nigerian-born visual artist based in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently a visiting lecturer at Cornell University, where he also received his Bachelor of Architecture in ...
, Nigerian-born
visual artist
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts al ...
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Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole
Joshua Ogunwole was born in Ibadan on 23 July 1967. He is a Nigerian soil scientist who served as the 4th substantive vice-chancellor of Bowen University.
Education and career
Ogunwole has his first, second and third degree from Ahmadu Bello Un ...
, Nigerian scientist
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Lateef Olalekan Kayode, Nigerian boxer
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Olalekan Olude
Olalekan Olude is a Nigerian entrepreneur, the co-founder of Jobberman, West Africa's most popular job search engine and Special Adviser on Job Creation and Youth Empowerment to Ogun state Governor Dapo Abiodun.
Olude was named as one of the 1 ...
, Nigerian Entrepreneur
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Ramoni Olalekan Mustapha
Ramoni Olalekan Mustapha (born 25 February 1960) is a Nigerian senator representing Ogun East consistency of Ogun State since 2019. He previously represened the same constituency from 2007 to 2011 under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party ...
, Nigerian politician
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Lekan Salami
Olalekan Sanusi Salami (1928 - 1988) was a Nigerian businessman, football administrator and socialite who was life patron of Shooting Stars S.C. and was influential in the success of the club during the 1970s. The former Adamasingba Sports Comple ...
, Nigerian businessman and football administrator
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Olalekan Sipasi, Nigerian entrepreneur
Notable people with the name Olamilekan
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Olamilekan Adegbite, Nigerian politician
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Afolabi Adedoyin Olamilekan Oluwatimileh Obafemi , English footballer
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DJ Enimoney, Nigerian disc jockey
* Olamilekan Massoud Al-Khalifah Agbeleshebioba, aka
Laycon, Nigerian rapper, singer, songwriter, and reality TV star
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Azeez Ramon Olamilekan, Nigerian footballer
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Kareem Olamilekan, Nigerian hyperrealism artist
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Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, Nigerian politician
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Sodiq Olamilekan Fatai, Nigerian footballer
Lekan as a non-Nigerian name
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Boštjan Lekan, Slovenian biathlete
References
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