{{Infobox given name | name = Kehinde | image= | image_size= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = | meaning = Second-born twin | variant forms = Kehindegbegbon, Kaindé, Kenny | related names = Taiwo, Taiye | language = Yoruba | see also = Taiwo }}
'''Kehinde''' {{Audio|Kehinde.ogg|}} (short for Omokehinde) is a given name of Yoruba origin meaning "the second-born of the twins" or the one who comes after Taiwo.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlinenigeria.com/nigeriannames/ad.asp?blurb=2106|title=Kehinde|date=1975|website=Online Nigeria|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=January 31, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenamemeaning.com/kehinde/|title=Kehinde|website=The Name meaning}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JY6QWgk56a8C&q=kehinde+is+the+older+twin&pg=PA46|title= African Safari for Jesus|author=Herman Bauman|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|year=2008|isbn=978-1-462-8253-70}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}
== Notable people == *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 *Kehinde Lijadu (born 1948), of Nigerian singing duo the Lijadu Sisters
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
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Category:Yoruba given names