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origin which means "love Me". Femi is most commonly a diminutive form of "Olufemi" (or Olúfẹ́mi) which means "The Lord loves me" ("Olú" means Lord, Leader, or the "Prominent one," in the Yoruba language). "Olufemi" can also be diminutive of "Olúwafẹ́mi". Other full forms of the name include Olorunfemi (God loves me), Jesufemi (Jesus loves me), Nifemi (Have my love), Babafemi (Father loves me), Obafemi (The King loves me), Adefemi (Royalty loves me), Ifafemi (Ifa loves me) etc.

People

Acting

Femi Taylor Femi Taylor (born 8 April 1961) is a Nigerien-born British dancer and actress best known for portraying Jabba the Hutt's Twi'lek slave dancer Oola in the 1983 motion picture ''Return of the Jedi''. Career Taylor portrayed the slave dancer Oo ...

, British dancer and actress * Femi Emiola, American actress *

Femi Oyeniran Femi Oyeniran is a Nigerian-British actor and director who started his career in the cult classic ''Kidulthood'', playing the role of "Moony" in 2006. It was followed by the 2008 sequel ''Adulthood''. His first feature film as a director "It's ...

, British actor

Art

Femi Ford
American Artist

Politics

Femi Fani-Kayode David Oluwafemi Adewunmi Abdulateef Fani-Kayode (born 16 October 1960) is a Nigerian politician, essayist, poet and lawyer. He was a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was with the opposition's All Progressive Congress (A ...

(born 1960), Nigerian politician * Femi Gbaja Biamila (born 1962), Nigerian politician * Femi Oluwole (born 1990), British political activist *

Femi Pedro Olufemi "Femi" Olusegun Pedro (born 29 January 1955) is a Nigerian politician who served as deputy governor of Lagos State from 2003 to 2007. Before his election alongside Bola Tinubu, he was a co-owner and the chief executive officer of Fir ...

(born 1955), Nigerian politician *

Femi Okurounmu Femi Okurounmu was elected Senator for the Ogun Central constituency of Ogun State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform. He held office from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2003. Ok ...

, Nigerian politician, Senator for Ogun Central * Femi Adesina, Nigerian journalist and government official * Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian politician, statesman, and nationalist who played a key role in Nigeria's independence movement.

Sport

* Femi, nickname of Oluwafemi Ajilore (born 1985), footballer now playing for FC Groningen * Femi Babatunde (born 1986), Nigerian footballer now playing for Kwara United F.C. * Femi Ilesanmi (born 1991), English professional footballer * Femi Joseph (born 1990), Nigerian footballer now playing for Liberty Professionals F.C. * Femi Opabunmi (born 1985), footballer now playing for Shooting Stars FC * Femi Orenuga (born 1993), English footballer now playing for Everton

Writing and journalism

Femi Osofisan Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan (born June 16, 1946), known as Femi Osofisan or F.O., is a Nigerian writer noted for his critique of societal problems and his use of African traditional performances and surrealism in some of his plays. A frequent theme ...

(born 1946), Nigerian writer *

Femi Euba Femi Euba (born April 1939) is a Nigerian actor, writer, and dramatist, who has published numerous works of drama, theory, and fiction. His work as a theatre practitioner encompasses acting, playwriting, and directing. Among the topics of his pla ...

, Nigerian actor and playwright * Femi Oguns, British playwright * Femi Oke (born 1966), British TV journalist, now in New York *

Caleb Femi Caleb Femi (born 1990) is a British-Nigerian author, film-maker, photographer, and former young people's laureate for London. His debut poetry collection, ''Poor'', was awarded a Forward Prize for Poetry. Early life Femi was born in 1990 in K ...

, British poet and former young people’s laureate for London. * Femi Johnson, Nigerian TV journalist with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)

Law

* Femi Falana, Nigerian Lawyer and human rights activist.

Health

* Femi Oshagbemi, Nigerian born Pharmacist, Epidemiologist and Public health expert * Femi Ojo, Nigeria born Psychiatric Registered Nurse, and Public Health Expert, in California

Other

* Femi Otedola (born 1967), Nigerian billionaire businessman * Femi Kuti (born 1962), Nigerian musician and the eldest son of afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti * Femi John Femi (born 1945), Chief of Air Staff of the Nigerian Air Force * Femi Temowo, British jazz musician

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