# Atanda

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**Atanda** is a [Nigerian](/source/Nigerians) male given name and surname of [Yoruba](/source/Yoruba_language) origin. It means "one born to shine".

## Given name

- [Atanda Musa](/source/Atanda_Musa) (born 1960), Nigerian table tennis player
- [Atanda Fatai Williams](/source/Atanda_Fatai_Williams) (1918–2002), Nigerian jurist
- [Atanda Ayila Yussuf](/source/Ayila_Yussuf) (born 1984), Nigerian footballer
- [Atanda Yusuf](/source/Atanda_Yusuf), Nigerian politician

## Surname

- [Joseph Adebowale Atanda](/source/Joseph_Adebowale_Atanda) (1932–1996), Nigerian historian
- [Madam Kofo](/source/Madam_Kofo) (Kofoworola Abiola Atanda), Nigerian actress
- [Oluremi Atanda](/source/Oluremi_Atanda) (1939–2024), Nigerian agricultural scientist
- [Sodiq Atanda](/source/Sodiq_Atanda) (born 1993), Nigerian footballer

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