Babatunde (variant forms: Babatunji, Babajide, Babawande, Babaside, Babatide, Bababode, Babs) is a male given name. In the

Yoruba language Yoruba (, ; Yor. ) is a Niger–Congo languages, Niger-Congo language that is spoken in West Africa, primarily in South West (Nigeria), Southwestern and Middle Belt, Central Nigeria, Benin, and parts of Togo. It is spoken by the Yoruba people. ...

, it means 'father returns', or ' a father has returned'. This generally refers to a male ancestor such as a deceased father, grandfather, or great-grandfather.

People named Babatunde

As a given name

* Babatunde Adebimpe, American actor and musician known professionally as Tunde Adebimpe *

Babatunde Aiyegbusi Babatunde Łukasz Aiyegbusi (; born May 26, 1988) is a Polish professional wrestler and former American football player. He is currently signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he performs under the ring name Babathunder. He also makes appe ...

, Polish-Nigerian wrestler and former American football player *

Babatunde Agunloye Babatunde Faruk Agunloye (born 26 July 1977), is a Canadian-based Nigerian film director and movie producer. He is known for his movie ''Aajule keji Realm 2'' which earned him the best short film international award in Toronto International ...

, Canadian-based Nigerian film director and producer *

Babatunde Aléshé Babatunde Aléshé (born 2 August 1986) is a British actor, comedian, and writer. He is known for appearing on several ''Celebrity Gogglebox'' specials, the I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British series 22), 22nd series of I'm a Celebrit ...

, British actor, writer and comedian * Samuel Babatunde Bajah, Nigerian educator * Babatunde Elegbede, military governor of Cross State, Nigeria, 1978–1979 *

Babatunde Fashola Babatunde Raji Fashola ( ; born 28 June 1963) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as the federal minister of Works and Housing of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. He was the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing (Nigeria), minister of Pow ...

, Nigerian politician; Minister of Power, Works and Housing, 2015–present; governor of Lagos State, 2007–2015 * Bomani Babatunde Jones, American sports journalist * Babatunde Jose (1925–2008), Nigerian journalist *

Babatunde Lawal Babatunde Lawal is an art historian and scholar of the arts of Nigeria. His research is focused on the visual culture of the Yoruba and its influences in the Americas. He is currently a professor of Art History at Virginia Commonwealth University ...

, Nigerian art historian in the United States *

Babatunde Lea Babatunde Lea (born Michael Wayne Lea; February 18, 1948) is an American percussionist who plays Afro-Cuban jazz and worldbeat. He took his name from Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji. Biography Michael Lea was raised in Englewood, New Jerse ...

, Afro-Cuban and worldbeat percussionist * Babajide Ogunbiyi, American soccer player * Babawande Olabisi, Nigerian-American baseball player known as Wande Olabisi *

Babatunde Olatunji Michael Babatunde Olatunji (April 7, 1927 – April 6, 2003) was a Nigerian drummer, educator, social activist, and recording artist. Early life Olatunji was born in the village of Ajido, near Badagry, Lagos State, in southwestern Nig ...

, Nigerian drummer * Babatunji Olowofoyeku, Nigerian lawyer, politician and educator *

Babatunde Ogunnaike Babatunde Ayodeji Ogunnaike (March 26, 1956 – February 20, 2022) was an American chemical engineer of Nigerian descent and the William L. Friend Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware (UD). He was the ...

, Nigerian-American chemical engineer *

Babatunde Oshinowo Babatunde Oluwasegun Temitope Oluwakorede Adisa "Baba" Oshinowo Jr. a-ba-TOON-day OH-shi-no-who(born January 14, 1983) is a former American football defensive tackle. His second name "Oluwasegun" means "God has been victorious" in the Yoruba la ...

, NFL player *

Babatunde Osotimehin Babatunde Osotimehin (6 February 1949 – 4 June 2017) was a Nigerian physician, who served as Minister of Health, and in 2011 became the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, holding the rank of Under-Secretary-General of th ...

, Nigerian politician; Minister of Health, 2007–2010 * Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel laureate *

Babatunde Wusu Babatunde Enitan Wusu (born April 4, 1984 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a former football striker from Nigeria who ended his career in KTP. He also has a Finnish citizenship. After the playing career, he has coached Jyväskylän Komeetat. Career T ...

, Nigerian-Finnish football striker * Babatunde Yusuf, Nigerian football player

As a surname

Babajide Collins Babatunde Babajide "Baba" Collins Babatunde (born 2 December 1988) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Collins began his career by FC Ebedei played there between 2006, joined then to Ikast FS. Collins played there ...

, Nigerian-born, Russian-based footballer *

Badmus Babatunde Ayomide Babatunde Badmus (28 February 1986) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward. Babatunde has played for ONGC F.C. in 2010–11 I-League, scoring11 goals before his club was relegated. Career ONGC F.C. Badmus Babatunde was a st ...

, Nigerian footballer *

Ibrahim Babatunde Olalekan Ibrahim Babatunde (born 29 December 1984) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss 4. Liga club FC Ravecchia. Career Babatunde, a striker, began his career in Italy, where he entered the youth system a ...

, Nigerian-born, Italian-based footballer *

Michael Babatunde Michael Babatunde (born 24 December 1992) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career In December 2015, he joined Moroccan club Raja Casablanca. On 31 May 2016, Babatunde joined Qatar SC in the Qatar Stars League. In 2018, ...

, Nigerian footballer *

Obba Babatundé Obba Babatundé (born Donald Cohen; December 1, 1951) is an American actor. A native of Queens, New York City, he has appeared in more than seventeen stage productions, thirty theatrical films, sixty made-for-television films, and two prime-time ...

, American actor of stage and screen

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People named Babatunde

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