Adewale: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Adewale – Meaning: royalty returns home – Origin: Yoruba – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: ah-deh-WAH-leh


Adewale is a Yoruba boy's name meaning “royalty returns home”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Adewale

Meaning: Royalty returns home.

Origin: Yoruba.

How to Pronounce Adewale

Phonetic: ah-deh-WAH-leh   IPA: /ɑːdɛˈwɑːlɛ/

Popularity of Adewale

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1974–2024.

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