Oluwole (name)
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Gender | Male |
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Language(s) | Yoruba |
Origin | |
Word/name | Yoruba |
Region of origin | Southwest of Nigeria |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Olu, Wole |
Oluwole is a common Nigerian given name of Yoruba origin. It is a masculine name meaning "The prominent one enters (the house).[1]"[2][3]
Notable people with the name include:
As a name
[edit]- Christopher Oluwole Rotimi Nigerian Army Brigadier General
- Oluwole Akinyele Agbede Nigerian professor
- Oluwole Olayiwola Amusan Nigerian academic
- Oluwole Soyinka Nigerian playwright
- Oluwole Babafemi Familoni Nigerian Academic
- Oluwole Olumuyiwa Nigerian architect
- Winston Oluwole Soboyejo American scientist
- Timothy Oluwole Obadare Nigerian televangelist
- Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade Nigerian singer
- Festus Oluwole Segun Nigerian clergy
- Stephen Oluwole Awokoya former minister of education in Nigeria
- Stephen Oluwole Akinola Nigerian Pentecostal pastor
As a surname
[edit]- Isaac Ladipo Oluwole Nigerian medical practitioner
- Oba Oluwole former Oba of Lagos
- Isaac Oluwole Nigerian bishop
- Sophie Oluwole Nigerian philosopher