Given name & surname
Adeola
“one who wears a crown of honor”
Adeola is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “one who wears a crown of honor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “one who wears a crown of honor.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adeola through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 468
- 43 boys · 425 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #10,933 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,933 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,384 as a first name in 2020; 310 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adeola’s family of names
Adeola has a related form in Adeolah. Adeola has a related form in Adeolla. Adeola has a related form in Adeollah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Adeola
- Ade Akinbiyiassociation football playerborn 1974
- Deola SagoeNigerian fashion designerborn 1966
- Adéọlá ỌlágúnjúNigerian visual artist
- Adeola FayehunNigerian journalistborn 1984
- Mulikat Akande-AdeolaNigerian politicianborn 1960
- Adeola Austin OyinladeNigerian lawyerborn 1981
- Adeola OlanrewajuNigerian basketball player (born 1982)
- Adeola Aboyade-ColeNigerian hurdler and pole vaulter (1950-1989)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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