# Kehinde

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{{Infobox given name
| name = Kehinde
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| meaning = Second-born twin
| variant forms = Kehindegbegbon, Kaindé, Kenny
| related names = Taiwo, Taiye
| language = Yoruba
| see also = [Taiwo](/source/Taiwo)
}}

'''Kehinde''' 
{{Audio|Kehinde.ogg|}} (short for Omokehinde) is a given name of Yoruba origin meaning "the second-born of the [twin](/source/twin)s" or the one who comes after [Taiwo](/source/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](/source/Kehinde_Andrews), British academic
*[Kehinde Sofola](/source/Kehinde_Sofola) (1924-2007), Nigerian jurist
*[Kehinde Kamson](/source/Kehinde_Kamson) (born 1961), Nigerian businesswoman
*[Stephen K. Amos](/source/Stephen_K._Amos) (born 1967), British comedian
*[Kehinde Aladefa](/source/Kehinde_Aladefa) (born 1974), Nigerian hurdler
*[Kehinde Fadipe](/source/Kehinde_Fadipe) (born 1983), British actress
*[Kehinde Wiley](/source/Kehinde_Wiley) (born 1977), American artist
*[Kehinde Fatai](/source/Kehinde_Fatai) (born 1990), Nigerian-Romanian footballer
*[Kehinde Babatunde Victor Oladipo](/source/Victor_Oladipo) (born 1992), better known as Victor Oladipo, American basketball player
*[Lisa-Kaindé Díaz](/source/Ibeyi) (born 1994), French-Cuban musician
*[Kehinde Bankole](/source/Kehinde_Bankole), Nigerian actress
*Kehinde Lijadu (born 1948), of Nigerian singing duo the [Lijadu Sisters](/source/Lijadu_Sisters)

Sometimes the name is also used in an Anglicised form as ''[Kenny](/source/Kenny)''.  Notable people known with this name include:
*[Kenny Adeleke](/source/Kenny_Adeleke) (born, 1983), Nigerian-American basketball player
*[Kenny Onatolu](/source/Kenny_Onatolu) (born 1982), American football player
*[Kenny Ogungbe](/source/Kenny_Ogungbe), Nigerian musician
*[Kenny Blaq](/source/Kenny_Blaq), Nigerian comedian

==See also==
*[Taiwo](/source/Taiwo)
*[Ibeji](/source/Ibeji)

==References==
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Category:Yoruba given names

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