Kehinde

Kehinde (Short for Omokehinde) is a given name of Yoruba origin meaning "the second-born of the twins" or the one who comes after Taiwo.^[1][2] Though Taiwo is the firstborn, it is believed that Kehinde is the elder twin, sending Taiwo into the world first to determine if it is time to be born.^{[3][self-published source]}

Notable people with the name include:

• Kehinde Andrews, British academic
• Kehinde Sofola (1924-2007), Nigerian jurist
• Kehinde Kamson (born 1961), Nigerian businesswoman
• Stephen K. Amos (born 1967), British comedian
• Kehinde Aladefa (born 1974), Nigerian hurdler
• Kehinde Fadipe (born 1983), British actress
• Kehinde Wiley (born 1977), American artist
• Kehinde Fatai (born 1990), Nigerian-Romanian footballer
• Kehinde Babatunde Victor Oladipo (born 1992), better known as Victor Oladipo, American basketball player
• Lisa-Kaindé Díaz (born 1994), French-Cuban musician
• Kehinde Bankole, Nigerian actress
• (born, 1983), Nigerian fashion designer and businessman, one of The Okunoren Twins
• Kehinde Lijadu (born 1948), of Nigerian singing duo the Lijadu Sisters
• Temitope Kehinde Ajayi (born 1975) Nigerian, Ekiti State Entrepreneur.^[1]

Sometimes the name is also used in an Anglicised form as Kenny. Notable people known with this name include:

• Kenny Adeleke (born, 1983), Nigerian-American basketball player
• Kenny Onatolu (born 1982), American football player
• Kenny Ogungbe, Nigerian musician
• Kenny Blaq, Nigerian comedian

See also[]

• Taiwo
• Ibeji

References[]

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