Adewale is a boy's name of African origin meaning “the crown or royalty has come home.” In 2024 it was given to 8 boys in the United States.
Adewale belongs to the African tradition. Its meaning — “the crown or royalty has come home” — is the sense carried by its African roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Adewale first appears in Social Security records in 1974. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3856 in 1978, and in 2024 8 babies received the name — 205 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Adewale means “the crown or royalty has come home” in its African roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Adewale is a boy name. In 2024, 8 babies received the name in the US.
Adewale comes from the African tradition.
Adewale first appears in US records in 1974. Its best-ever ranking was #3856 in 1978, and 8 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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