Molade
Appearance
Gender | Unisex |
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Language(s) | Yoruba |
Origin | |
Word/name | Nigerian |
Meaning | The child is crown. |
Region of origin | South West, Nigeria |
Mọladé is a Nigerian given name and a surname. It is a unisex name of Yoruba origin, which means "The child is crown.".[1] The name Mọladé is common among the royal families but now, it is a general name. The diminutive forms are Ọmọladé or Ladé.
Notable individuals with the name
[edit]- Augustus Molade Akiwumi (1891–1985), Ghanaian lawyer and politician
- Molade Okoya-Thomas (1935–2015), Nigerian businessman