Olu (name)
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Olu is a popular name amongst people of the Yoruba
ethnic group. It is usually the first three letters of the full name.
Olu in the Yoruba language can mean god (deity), God or lord. so the name 'Oluwale' can mean "My God has come home". But since the name is applied to people, god in the sense of deity or lord is most accepted, with the word even being used as a royal
and noble
title in certain parts of Nigeria
and Benin
.
Yoruba people
The Yoruba people are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. The majority of the Yoruba speak the Yoruba language...
ethnic group. It is usually the first three letters of the full name.
Olu in the Yoruba language can mean god (deity), God or lord. so the name 'Oluwale' can mean "My God has come home". But since the name is applied to people, god in the sense of deity or lord is most accepted, with the word even being used as a royal
Monarchy
A monarchy is a form of government in which the office of head of state is usually held until death or abdication and is often hereditary and includes a royal house. In some cases, the monarch is elected...
and noble
Nobility
Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society, membership therein typically being hereditary. The privileges associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles, or may be...
title in certain parts of Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
and Benin
Benin
Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...
.
Persons with the name Olu
- Olu BabalolaOlu BabalolaOlu Babalola is a British professional basketball player, and currently plays for the Sheffield Sharks in the British Basketball League....
, British professional basketball player - Olu DaraOlu DaraOlu Dara Jones is an American cornetist, guitarist and singer.-History:...
, African-American jazz musician - Olu FalaeOlu FalaeSamuel Oluyemisi Falae , simply known as Olu Falae, is a Nigerian politician from Akure, Ondo State. A Yale University-trained banker, he served as the Federal Minister of Finance in the military regime of Ibrahim Babangida in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
, Nigerian politician - Olu FamutimiOlu FamutimiOlumuyiwa Famutimi is a Canadian professional basketball player for Gloria Giants Düsseldorf in Germany....
, African-Canadian professional basketball player - Olu OguibeOlu OguibeOlu Oguibe is an artist and public intellectual. Professor of Art and African-American Studies and interim Director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Oguibe is a senior fellow of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School, New...
, Nigerian-American art historian and artist