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Character Name

Adewale

Meaning — A Yoruba name meaning "the crown has returned home" or "royalty has come home", composed of "ade" (crown) and "wale" (has come home, has returned). It suggests the return of prosperity, nobility, or a royal heir to the family lineage.·Yoruba origin·Male·ah-day-WAH-lay

Adewale The homecoming implied in Adewale — the crown returning to its rightful place — makes this a name suited to characters who represent a restoration or a return: a prodigal son whose talents finally come home to serve his community, or an heir who reclaims something that was lost. There is a sense of things being set right in the bearer's arrival.

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AdewaleWale

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Adewale AdesanyaAdewale AdeyemiAdewale AlabiAdewale OkonkwoAdewale Fashola

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