# Ajayi

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**Ajayi** audio is both a surname and a given name of [Yoruba](/source/Yoruba_language) origin which means "a child born face upwards" (i.e. the occiput posterior position).[1]

## Notable people with the name include

### Surname

- [Adeola Ajayi](/source/Adeola_Ajayi), Nigerian intelligence officer
- [Damola Ajayi](/source/Damola_Ajayi) (born 2005), English footballer
- [Florence Ajayi](/source/Florence_Ajayi) (born 1977), Nigerian footballer
- [GOK Ajayi](/source/GOK_Ajayi) (1931–2014), Nigerian lawyer, solicitor, and judge
- [Goodness Ohiremen Ajayi](/source/Goodness_Ohiremen_Ajayi) (born 1994), Nigerian footballer
- [J. F. Ade Ajayi](/source/J._F._Ade_Ajayi) (1929–2014), Nigerian historian
- [Jay Ajayi](/source/Jay_Ajayi) (born 1993), American football player
- [Joseph Olatunji Ajayi](/source/Joseph_Olatunji_Ajayi), Nigerian senator
- [Kunle Ajayi](/source/Kunle_Ajayi) (born 1964), Nigerian gospel singer and musician
- [Samuel Ajayi](/source/Samuel_Ajayi) (born 1984), Nigerian footballer
- [Semi Ajayi](/source/Semi_Ajayi) (born 1993), English footballer
- [Tolu Ajayi](/source/Tolu_Ajayi) (born 1946), Nigerian poet and writer

### Given name

- [Ajayi Agbebaku](/source/Ajayi_Agbebaku) (born 1955), Nigerian triple jumper
- [Samuel Ajayi Crowther](/source/Samuel_Ajayi_Crowther), (1809–1891) Nigerian clergy

### Fictional

- Nathan Ajayi, Art teacher in *[Heartstopper](/source/Heartstopper_(TV_series))*

## References

1. ["Àjàyí"](https://www.yorubaname.com/entries/Ajayi). *www.yorubaname.com*. Retrieved 2024-10-07.

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