Worldwide, Dele (Dele 
, 迪尼 , ديلي 
) is a common epicene given name. The first name Dele is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, where it is quite a common largely male, but uncommonly girly name, Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare girly name, and Cameroon, where it is a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Nigeria, Ethiopia, and India. Also, Dele is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Dele | China, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Benin |
| 迪尼 | China |
| ديلي | Iran, Iraq |
| Деле | Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus |
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dele jegede Nigerian-American painter, NG (b. 1945) |
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dele joseph ezeoba Nigerian admiral, NG (b. 1958) |
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dele momodu Nigerian journalist/publisher, businessman, and motivational speaker. He is the CEO and publisher of Ovation International, a magazine that has given publicity to people from all over the world, mainly in Africa., NG (b. 1960) |
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dele odule Nigerian actor, NG (b. 1961) |
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dele sosimi musician, GB (b. 1963) |
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dele adebola Nigerian footballer, NG (b. 1975) |
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dele ogunseitan Nigerian public health researcher |
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dele aiyenugba Nigerian footballer, NG (b. 1983) |
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| dele ojo Nigerian musician revered as one of the musicians to have spread and popularized the Jùjú genre of music, NG (b. 1938) |
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| dele giwa A Nigerian journalist, editor and founder of Newswatch magazine., NG (b. 1947) |
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| dele charley Sierra Leonean writer and playwright (1948-1993), SL (b. 1948) |
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| dele olojede Nigerian Pulitzer-winning journalist, US (b. 1961) |
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| dele fadele English music journalist, GB (b. 1962) |
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| dele young Kenyan tennis player (b. 1964) |
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| bison dele American basketball player, US (b. 1969) |
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