Adewale

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Yoruba (Nigeria)

Meaning

a masculine Yoruba name meaning the crown has come home or royalty arrives — ade meaning crown or royal authority, and wale from wa ile meaning to come home; the name expresses the joy of return and arrival — the coming of royalty into the household — and is given to boys born into families with royal lineage connections or at moments of particular family happiness and restoration; like many Yoruba ade- names it connects the bearer to the Yoruba tradition of sacred kingship in which the oba embodies the divine order of the community and serves as the link between the human world and the world of the orisha; Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, the British-Nigerian actor known for Lost and Game of Thrones, has brought international visibility to this name

Gender

male

Also spelled

Wale