Ade ( or ) is a popular
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
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given name or
nickname
A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...
, which means ''king'', ''crown'' or ''royalty'' in the
Yoruba language
Yoruba (, ; Yor. '; Ajami: ) is a language spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria. It is spoken by the ethnic Yoruba people. The number of Yoruba speakers is roughly 50 million, plus about 2 million second-language ...
. ''Ade'' originally means ''crown''. It is often short for names such as Adebola, Adeola or
Adewale.
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José dos Santos Ferreira
José dos Santos Ferreira, better known as Adé (28 July 1919, in Portuguese Macau – 24 March 1993, in Hong Kong), was a Hong Kong poet. He was a son of Portuguese father and a Cantonese mother. He was the last poet of distinction to write i ...
or ''Adé'' (1919–1993), Macanese writer
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Emmanuel Adebayor or ''Ade'' (born 1984), Togolese footballer
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Ade (actor) (born 1970s), English actor
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Ade Adebisi (born 1986), British-Nigerian rugby league footballer
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Ade Adepitan (born 1973), British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player
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Ade Akinbiyi (born 1974), English footballer
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Ade Alleyne-Forte (born 1988), Trinidadian sprinter
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Ade Aruna (born 1994), American football player
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Ade Azeez (born 1994), English footballer
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Ade Bethune (1914–2002), American Catholic liturgical artist
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Ade Candra Rachmawan (born 1992), Indonesian beach volleyballer
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Ade Capone
Ade Capone (26 December 1958, in Piacenza – 4 February 2015, in Salsomaggiore Terme), was an Italian comic book writer. He is perhaps best known for having written many stories for the comic book '' Zagor'' and as the creator of the comic bo ...
(1958–2015), Italian comic book writer
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Ade Chandra (born 1950)
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Ade Coker (born 1954), Nigerian-American footballer
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Ade Dagunduro
Adeola Adedokun "Ade" Dagunduro (born May 22, 1986) is a retired Nigerian-American professional men's basketball player.
College career
After playing high school basketball at Inglewood High, Dagunduro then played college basketball at Mt. San ...
(born 1986), Nigerian-American basketballer
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Ade Easily, musician
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Ade Edmondson
Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. He was part of the alternative comedy boom in the early 1980s and had roles in the television series '' The Young Ones'' (1 ...
(born 1957), English comedian, actor, musician, and television presenter
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Ade Fuqua
Adé Fuqua (born January 17,1974 in Brooklyn, New York) is the former Chief of Staff, Office of the Managing Director – Deputy Mayor of Administration & Coordination, City of Philadelphia. A former professional American football wide receive ...
(born 1970), American civil servant
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Ade Gardner (born 1983), English rugby league footballer
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Ade Hamnett
Ade Samuel Hamnett (1882 – 1956) was an English footballer who played for Stoke.
Career
Hamnett was born in Chester and played for Birkenhead before joining Stoke in 1908. He played nine times for Stoke in 1908–09 before returning to am ...
(1882–1956), English footballer
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Ade Hassan
Adetola Kunle-Hassan, known as Ade Hassan, MBE, (born April 1984) is a British businesswoman who founded Nubian Skin in 2014.
Early life
Hassan was born in April 1984. She was raised partly in Nigeria and speaks Yoruba. Both of her parents are ...
(born 1984)
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Ade Ipaye
Adeola Rahman Ipaye (born 8 June 1963) is a Nigerian lawyer who is currently the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari. He was also Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, among o ...
(born 1968), Nigerian lawyer and political appointee
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Ade Jimoh
Adebola Olurotimi "Ade" Jimoh (born April 18, 1980) is a former American football cornerback. He was signed by the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football at Utah State University.
Jimoh has also ...
(born 1980), American football player
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Ade Jantra Lukmana
Ade Jantra Lukmana (born 3 January 1990) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Liga 2 club Persela Lamongan.
Club career
In January 2015, he moved to Pusamania Borneo.
Ahead of the 2023–24 Liga ...
(born 1990), Indonesian footballer
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Ade Mafe
Adeoye "Ade" Olubunmi Mafe (born 12 November 1966) is a retired male English sprinter who competed in the 200 metres and 400 metres. At the age of 17, he represented Great Britain at the 1984 Olympic Games, reaching the 200 metres final. Also ...
(born 1966), English sprinter
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Ade Mochtar
Ade Mochtar or Ade Muhtar (born August 26, 1979) is an Indonesian former footballer. He currently the head coach of Rabudaiyo Soccer School in his homeland.
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1979 births
Men's association football goalkeepers
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(born 1979), Indonesian footballer
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Ade Monsbourgh (1917–2006), Australian jazz musician known as "Lazy Ade" or "Father Ade"
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Ade A. Olufeko (born 1980), designer, technologist, and entrepreneur
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Ade Ojeikere, Nigerian sports analyst and columnist
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Ade Orogbemi (born 1978), British wheelchair basketball player
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Ade Rai (born 1970), Indonesian bodybuilder
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Ade Schwammel
Adolphe "Ade" John Schwammel (October 14, 1908 – November 18, 1979) was an American football tackle who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers.
High school career
Schwammel attended Fremont Hi ...
(1908–1979), American footballer
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Ade Shaw
Adrian Shaw (born 2 January 1947 in Hampstead, North London), frequently known as Ade Shaw, is a musician primarily working in the psychedelic field. He has a long history dating back to the 1960s working with such acts as Hawkwind, - this page ...
(born 1947), musician
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Ade Iwan Setiawan (born 1984), Indonesian footballer
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Ade Solanke
Adeola Solanke FRSA, commonly known as Ade Solanke, is a British-Nigerian playwright and screenwriter. She is best known for her debut stage play, ''Pandora's Box'', which was produced at the Arcola Theatre in 2012, and was nominated as Best Ne ...
, playwright
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Ade Suhendra (footballer, born 1983), Indonesian footballer
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Ade Suhendra (footballer, born 1987), Indonesian footballer
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Ade Supandi (born 1961), admiral in the Indonesian Navy
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Ade Sutrisna (1974–2016), Indonesian badminton player
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Ade Renner Thomas (born 1945)
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Ade Tuyo, Nigerian businessman
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Ade Yusuf Santoso (born 1993), Indonesian badminton player
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