Dele (name)

Dele also Délé is a Nigerian given name and surname of Yoruba origin meaning "arrive home" It is also a diminutive of names such as Ayọ̀délé (joy arrived home), Akindélé (warrior arrived home), Oladélé (wealth arrived home), Olúdélé (Lord arrives home), Adédélé(crown/royalty arrives home), etc.

Notable People with the given name

Sports

• Dele Adebola (born 1975), Nigerian footballer
• Dele Olorundare (born 1992), Nigerian footballer
• Dele Adeleye (born 1988), Nigerian footballer
• Dele Aiyenugba (born 1983), Nigerian footballer
• Dele Ajiboye (born 1990), Nigerian footballer
• Dele Alli (born 1996), English footballer
• Dele Olaoye (born 1982), Nigerian footballer
• Dele (born 2001), Nigerian footballer

Writers

• Dele Charley (1948–1993), Sierra Leonean writer and playwright
• Dele Olojede (born 1961), Nigerian Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
• Dele Giwa (1947-1986), Nigerian journalist
• Dele Jegede (born 1945), Nigerian-American painter, art historian, cartoonist, curator, and teacher
• Dele Momodu (born 1960), Nigerian journalist, publisher, businessman, and motivational speaker

Others

• Dele Odule (born, 1961), Nigerian actor
• Dele Sosimi (born 1963), Nigerian-British musician
• Dele Joseph Ezeoba (born 1958), Nigerian Navy admiral

Surname

People with the surname Dele include:

• Bison Dele (1969-2002), American professional basketball player
• Gilbert Delé (born 1964), French professional boxer.
• Jonathan Dele (1944–2017), Nigerian boxer of the 1960s and '70s

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