Adeola

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Adeola is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Adéola

• a separate name4 spellings in the group

  Also written Adéola, Adeọla, Adéọlá

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Adeola is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Yoruba, Yoruba: crown has honor.

  as a name·African Names

• In English, Yoruba; crown of wealth

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• crown has honor.

  as a name·African Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Adeola Aboyade-Coleb. 1950NGNigerian hurdler and pole vaulter (1950-1989)
• Mulikat Adeola Akandeb. 1960NGNigerian politician
• Sealb. 1963GBnot in their usual nameBritish musician, singer, songwriter and record producer
• Deola Sagoeb. 1966NGnot in their usual nameNigerian fashion designer
• Ade Akinbiyib. 1974GBnot in their usual nameassociation football player
• Adeola Austin Oyinladeb. 1981NGNigerian lawyer
• Adeola Olanrewajub. 1982NGNigerian basketball player (born 1982)
• Adeola Fayehunb. 1984NGNigerian journalist
• Adeola Ogunmola Sowemimob. 1990NGFirst Nigerian female pilot to fly the Boeing 787 Dreamliner across the Atlantic
• Adéọlá ỌlágúnjúNGNigerian visual artist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Adeola mean, and where does it come from?

Crown brings honor Recorded by The book of African names.

How do you pronounce Adeola?

A machine transcription gives /eɪdoʊɫə/ (IPA) for English.

Is Adeola a male or female name?

Adeola is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

In which country does Adeola have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 259 thousand people named Adeola in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled adeola.

How common is the name Adeola?

In the United States, the national register counted 1,384 people named Adeola in 2020, about 1 in 240 thousand residents.

How common is Adeola compared with other names?

In Nigeria, Adeola is the 85th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.