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Character Name

Segun

Meaning — A Yoruba name, short form of names such as Olusegun ("God has conquered" or "God is my champion") or Adeyesegun, meaning "conquest" or "victory". It is a declaration that God has overcome obstacles to bring this child.·Yoruba origin·Male·SHEH-goon

Segun A name meaning "conquest" or "God's victory" gives Segun a combative, determined quality. Characters bearing this name are frequently portrayed as fighters in the most expansive sense — people for whom every area of life is a terrain to be won, whose competitive drive is tempered by the theophoric implication that their victories are not purely their own doing.

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Variations & nicknames

SegunOlusegun

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Segun AdeyemiSegun AdesanyaSegun AlabiSegun OkonkwoSegun Fashola

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