Ade (given name)
Adé is a popular Yoruba given name or nickname, which means "crown" or "royalty". Often times, the name ‘Ade’ is associated with someone from a royal family or someone from a royal lineage. It is often short for names such as Adébọlá which means ‘crown meets wealth’, Adéọlá which denotes ‘crown of wealth’ or Adéwálé which means ‘the crown’s return’. It is also short for Adrian.
Notable People Bearing the Name
- José dos Santos Ferreira or Adé, Macanese writer
- Emmanuel Adebayor or Ade, Togolese footballer
- Ade (actor), English actor
- Ade Adebisi, British-Nigerian rugby league footballer
- Ade Adepitan, British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player
- Ade Akinbiyi, English footballer
- Ade Alleyne-Forte, Trinidadian sprinter
- Ade Aruna, American football player
- Ade Azeez, English footballer
- Ade Bethune, American Catholic liturgical artist
- Ade Candra Rachmawan, Indonesian beach volleyballer
- Ade Capone, Italian comic book writer
- Ade Chandra
- Ade Coker, Nigerian-American footballer
- Ade Dagunduro, Nigerian-American basketballer
- Ade Easily, musician
- Ade Edmondson, English comedian, actor, musician, and television presenter
- Ade Fuqua, American civil servant
- Ade Gardner, English rugby league footballer
- Ade Hamnett, English footballer
- Ade Hassan
- Ade Ipaye, Nigerian lawyer and political appointee
- Ade Jimoh, American football player
- Ade Jantra Lukmana, Indonesian footballer
- Ade Mafe, English sprinter
- Ade Mochtar, Indonesian footballer
- Ade Monsbourgh, Australian jazz musician known as "Lazy Ade" or "Father Ade"
- Ade A. Olufeko, designer, technologist, and entrepreneur
- Ade Ojeikere, Nigerian sports analyst and columnist
- Ade Orogbemi, British wheelchair basketball player
- Ade Rai, Indonesian bodybuilder
- Ade Schwammel, American footballer
- Ade Shaw, musician
- Ade Iwan Setiawan, Indonesian footballer
- Ade Solanke, playwright
- Ade Suhendra (footballer, born 1983), Indonesian footballer
- Ade Suhendra (footballer, born 1987), Indonesian footballer
- Ade Supandi, admiral in the Indonesian Navy
- Ade Sutrisna, Indonesian badminton player
- Ade Renner Thomas
- Ade Tuyo, Nigerian businessman
- Ade Yusuf Santoso, Indonesian badminton player