Dele (name)
Dele
also Délé is a Nigerian given name and surname of Yoruba origin meaning "arrive home" It is also a diminutive of names such as Ayọ̀délé, Akindélé, Oladélé, Olúdélé, Adédélé, etc.
Notable People with the given name
Sports
- Dele Adebola, Nigerian footballer
- Dele Olorundare, Nigerian footballer
- Dele Adeleye, Nigerian footballer
- Dele Aiyenugba, Nigerian footballer
- Dele Ajiboye, Nigerian footballer
- Dele Alli, English footballer
- Dele Olaoye, Nigerian footballer
- Dele, Nigerian footballer
Writers
- Dele Charley, Sierra Leonean writer and playwright
- Dele Olojede, Nigerian Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
- Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist
- Dele Jegede, Nigerian-American painter, art historian, cartoonist, curator, and teacher
- Dele Momodu, Nigerian journalist, publisher, businessman, and motivational speaker
Others
- Dele Odule, Nigerian actor
- Dele Sosimi, Nigerian-British musician
- Dele Joseph Ezeoba, Nigerian Navy admiral
Surname
People with the surname Dele include:- Bison Dele, American professional basketball player
- Gilbert Delé, French professional boxer.
- Jonathan Dele, Nigerian boxer of the 1960s and '70s