Ajayi is both a surname and a given name of
Yoruba origin which means "a child born face upwards" (i.e. the occiput posterior position).
Notable people with the name include
Surname
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Adeola Ajayi, Nigerian intelligence officer
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Florence Ajayi
Florence Kikelomo Ajayi is a former Nigerian Football player, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender.
Career
Ajayi started her career in the Nigerian Women's Championship, Nigerian Championship for teams includ ...
(born 1977), Nigerian footballer
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GOK Ajayi (1931–2014), Nigerian lawyer, solicitor, and judge
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Goodness Ohiremen Ajayi
Goodness Ohiremen Ajayi (born 6 October 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Croatian club Opatija.
Career
Born in Benin City, Ajayi was one of several players who moved from the Nigerian Abuja Football College ...
(born 1994), Nigerian footballer
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J. F. Ade Ajayi
Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi, commonly known as J. F. Ade Ajayi, (26 May 1929 – 9 August 2014) was a Nigerian historian and a member of the Ibadan school, a group of scholars interested in introducing African perspectives to African history and ...
(1929–2014), Nigerian historian
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Jay Ajayi
Jay Ajayi (born 15 June 1993) is an English-born former professional American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons with the Miami Dolphins and Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at ...
(born 1993), American football player
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Joseph Olatunji Ajayi, Nigerian senator
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Kunle Ajayi
Kunle Ajayi (born June 16, 1964) is a Nigerian gospel singer, songwriter, saxophonist, televangelist and Director of Music at the Redeemed Christian Church of God.
Early life
He was born in June 1964 in Mushin, a local government area of Lagos ...
(born 1964), Nigerian gospel singer and musician
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Samuel Ajayi (born 1984), Nigerian footballer
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Semi Ajayi (born 1993), English footballer
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Tolu Ajayi
Toluwalogo Ajayi (born 1946) is a Nigerian poet and writer of fiction.
Biography
Born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Ajayi was educated in Nigeria and the United Kingdom; in the latter country, he qualified in 1970 as a physician at the University of L ...
(born 1946), Nigerian poet and writer
Given name
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Ajayi Agbebaku
Ajayi Agbebaku (born 6 December 1955) is a retired Nigerian Olympian who competed in the triple jump. He still holds the indoor record at the University of Missouri with his jump of 16.60 metres at the 1978 NCAA indoor championships.
His person ...
(born 1955), Nigerian triple jumper
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Samuel Ajayi Crowther
Samuel Ajayi Crowther ( – 31 December 1891) was a Yoruba linguist, clergyman, and the first African Anglican bishop of West Africa. Born in Osogun (in what is now Ado-Awaye, Oyo State, Nigeria), he and his family were captured by Fulani sl ...
, (1809–1891) Nigerian clergy
Fictional
*Nathan Ajayi, Art teacher in ''
Heartstopper''
References
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Yoruba-language surnames
Yoruba given names