Abdoulaye
Abdoulaye is a West African masculine given name and surname. It is equivalent to the Arabic names Abdallah or Abdullah, given name of Muhammad's father.
People with this name include:
Given name
Footballers
- Abdoulaye Keita (Guinean footballer), Guinean goalkeeper of the 1970s and 1980s
- Abdoulaye Sarr, Senegalese coach
- Abdoulaye Kaloga, Malian midfielder
- Abdoulaye Sogue, Senegalese striker
- Abdoulaye Traoré (Ivorian footballer), striker
- Abdoulaye Traoré (Burkinabé footballer), midfielder
- Abdoulaye Coulibaly (footballer born 1976), Ivorian defender
- Abdoulaye Demba, Malian forward
- Abdoulaye Faye, Senegalese defender
- Abdoulaye Khouma Keita, Senegalese defender
- Abdoulaye Soulama, Burkinabé goalkeeper
- Abdoulaye Camara, Malian defender
- Abdoulaye Méïté, Ivorian centre-back
- Abdoulaye Soumaré, Burundian striker
- Abdoulaye Djire, Ivorian midfielder
- Abdoulaye Diawara, Ivorian defender
- Abdoulaye Kapi Sylla, Guinean midfielder
- Abdoulaye Cissé, Côte d'Ivoire-born Burkinabé striker
- Abdoulaye Diawara (footballer born 1983), Malian midfielder
- Abdoulaye Djibril Diallo, Guinean midfielder
- Abdoulaye Niang, Senegalese midfielder
- Abdoulaye Sekou Sampil, Senegal-born French striker
- Abdoulaye Ouzérou, Beninese striker
- Abdoulaye Soumah, Guinean goalkeeper
- Abdoulaye Baldé (footballer), French striker of Guinean descent
- Abdoulaye Diarra, Ivorian midfielder
- Abdoulaye Samaké, Malian goalkeeper
- Abdoulaye Coulibaly (footballer born 1988), Senegalese goalkeeper
- Abdoulaye Maïga, Malian defender
- Abdoulaye Seck (footballer, born 1988), Senegalese footballer
- Abdoulaye Seck (footballer, born 1992), Senegalese footballer
- Abdoulaye Fall, Senegalese defensive midfielder
- Abdoulaye Bamba, Ivorian right back
- Abdoulaye Keita (footballer, born 1990), French goalkeeper
- Abdoulaye Ba, Senegalese defender
- Abdoulaye Sileye Gaye, Mauritanian midfielder
- Abdoulaye Koffi, Ivorian forward
- Abdoulaye Diallo, Senegalese goalkeeper
- Abdoulaye Sané, Senegalese striker
- Abdoulaye Sissoko, Malian midfielder
- Abdoulaye Doucouré, French midfielder of Malian descent
- Abdoulaye Cissé (Guinean footballer), defender
- Abdoulaye Diarra (footballer, born 1994), Malian midfielder
- Abdoulaye Keita (footballer, born 1994), Malian defensive midfielder
- Abdoulaye Touré (footballer), French midfielder of Guinean descent
Other sportspeople
- Abdoulaye Seye, Senegalese sprinter
- Abdoulaye Thiam, Senegalese fencer
- Abdoulaye Wagne, Senegalese middle-distance runner
- Abdoulaye M'Baye (basketball), French basketball player
- Abdoulaye Loum, French basketball player
Artists, musicians, and writers
- Abdoulaye Sadji, Senegalese writer and teacher
- Abdoulaye Mamani, Nigerien poet, novelist and trade unionist
- Abdoulaye Ascofaré, Malian filmmaker
- Abdoulaye Diakité, Senegalese djembe drummer
- Abdoulaye Diabaté, Senegalese singer and guitarist
- Oxmo Puccino, Malian hip hop musician
Politicians
- Abdoulaye Touré, Guinean politician
- Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese politician, former president
- Abdoulaye Sékou Sow, Malian politician, former prime minister
- Abdoulaye Yerodia Ndombasi, Congolese politician, former foreign minister and vice-president
- Abdoulaye Hamani Diori, Nigerien politician and businessman
- Abdoulaye Bathily, Senegalese politician and diplomat
- Abdoulaye Baldé (politician), Senegalese politician
- Abdoulaye Diop, Malian diplomat
- Abdoulaye Maïga, ambassador of Mali to the United States in 1960.
- Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga, prime minister of Mali from 8 April 2017 to 29 December 2017.
- Abdoulaye Maïga (officer), appointed interim prime minister of Mali in August 2022.
- Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, Senegalese United Nations official
- Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, Senegalese government minister
Military
- Abdoulaye Hissène, Central African warlord
- Abdoulaye Miskine, Central African rebel leader
Surname
- Adjaratou Abdoulaye, Togolese politician
- Brahim Abdoulaye, Chadian sprinter
- Bruce Abdoulaye, Congolese football right back
- Djidéo Abdoulaye, Chadian football player
- Hassan Abdoulaye, Chadian football player
- Maikano Abdoulaye, Cameroonian politician
- Souley Abdoulaye, Nigerien politician