Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.ogg

Adewale is both a given name and a surname of Yoruba language, Yoruba origin, meaning "the king/crown/royalty came home". Notable people with the name include:

Given name

* Adewale Ademoyega (born c.1934), Nigerian Army officer
* Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (born 1967), British actor and model
* Prince Adewale Aladesanmi (1938–2017), Nigerian businessman
* Adewale Sunday Amusan (born 1989), Nigerian footballer
* Adewale Ayuba (born 1966), Nigerian singer-songwriter
* Adewale Maja-Pearce (born 1953), Anglo-Nigerian writer, journalist and literary critic
* Adewale Ogunleye (born 1977), American football player
* Adewale Ojomo (born 1988), American football player
* Adewale Olukoju (born 1968), Nigerian discus thrower and shot putter
* Adewale Tinubu (born 1967), Nigerian businessman, consultant and lawyer
* Adewale Wahab (born 1984), Nigerian footballer

Surname

* Segun Adewale (born 1955), Nigerian musician

Fictional characters

* Adéwalé, a character in the video game series ''Assassin's Creed''

See also

* Adewole

References

{{given name, type=both

Yoruba given names
African masculine given names