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Ayo

Meaning

Means "joy" in Yoruba, or a short form of names containing that element.

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Name Personality

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Famous People Named Ayo

Ayo Oni

Ayo Ade Oni was elected Senator for the Ekiti Central constituency of Ekiti State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform.

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Ayo Ayoola-Amale

Ayo Ayoola-Amale is an African poet and lawyer.

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Ayo Sogunro

Ayo Sogunro (born 1984) is a Nigerian author, essayist and human rights lawyer.

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Ayo Oke

Ayo Oke is the former director general of Nigeria's National Intelligence Agency (NIA), appointed by then president Goodluck Jonathan on 7 November 2013.

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Ayo Gorkhali

Ayo Gorkhali: A History of the Gurkhas is a 2020 book by Nepalese author Tim Gurung.

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