Adeleke

Adeleke
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Yoruba
Origin
Word/name	Nigeria
Meaning	The crown/royalty triumphs.
Region of origin	South West, Nigeria

Adélékè^ⓘ

is both a surname and a given name of Yoruba origin, meaning "the crown/royalty triumphs" (a compound of adé "crown, royalty" and lékè "triumph"). It may be shortened to Lékè.^[1]^[2] Notable people with the name include:

^ Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
^ "Adélékè". YorubaNames. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[Hanks_Coates_McClure_2016-1] Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 7 September 2018.

[2] "Adélékè". YorubaNames. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

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