Folasade

Folasade is a given name of Yoruba origin, meaning "rule with nobility" in Yoruba.

Notable Bearers

Notable people with the name include Folasade Baderinwa (born 1969), an American broadcast journalist known as Sade Baderinwa; Folasade Ogunsola (born 1958), a Nigerian microbiologist and professor; and Helen Folasade Adu (born 1959), a Nigerian-born British singer known mononymously as Sade. The name is often shortened to Sade, a diminutive form used in artistic and professional contexts.

• Meaning: "rule with nobility"
• Origin: Yoruba
• Type: First name
• Usage regions: Primarily among the Yoruba people of Nigeria and in the diaspora