Abdoulaye

Abdoulaye is a West African masculine given name and surname. It is equivalent to the Arabic names Abdallah or Abdullah (عبد الله ʿAbdu-llahi; servant of God), given name of Muhammad's father. People with this name include:

Footballers

 * Abdoulaye Keita (Guinean footballer), Guinean goalkeeper of the 1970s and 1980s
 * Abdoulaye Sarr (born 1951), Senegalese coach
 * Abdoulaye Kaloga (born 1959), Malian midfielder
 * Abdoulaye Sogue (born 1965), Senegalese striker
 * Abdoulaye Traoré (Ivorian footballer) (born 1967), striker
 * Abdoulaye Traoré (Burkinabé footballer) (born 1974), midfielder
 * Abdoulaye Coulibaly (footballer born 1976), Ivorian defender
 * Abdoulaye Demba (born 1976), Malian forward
 * Abdoulaye Faye (born 1978), Senegalese defender
 * Abdoulaye Khouma Keita (born 1978), Senegalese defender
 * Abdoulaye Soulama (born 1979), Burkinabé goalkeeper
 * Abdoulaye Camara (born 1980), Malian defender
 * Abdoulaye Méïté (born 1980), Ivorian centre-back
 * Abdoulaye Soumaré (born 1980), Burundian striker
 * Abdoulaye Djire (born 1981), Ivorian midfielder
 * Abdoulaye Diawara (born 1981), Ivorian defender
 * Abdoulaye Kapi Sylla (born 1982), Guinean midfielder
 * Abdoulaye Cissé (born 1983), Côte d'Ivoire-born Burkinabé striker
 * Abdoulaye Diawara (footballer born 1983), Malian midfielder
 * Abdoulaye Djibril Diallo (born 1983), Guinean midfielder
 * Abdoulaye Ndoye (born 1983), Senegal-born Equatoguinean midfielder
 * Abdoulaye Niang (born 1983), Senegalese midfielder
 * Abdoulaye Sekou Sampil (born 1984), Senegal-born French striker
 * Abdoulaye Ouzérou (born 1985), Beninese striker
 * Abdoulaye Soumah (born 1985), Guinean goalkeeper
 * Abdoulaye Baldé (footballer) (born 1986), French striker of Guinean descent
 * Abdoulaye Diarra (born 1986), Ivorian midfielder
 * Abdoulaye Samaké (born 1987), Malian goalkeeper
 * Abdoulaye Coulibaly (footballer born 1988), Senegalese goalkeeper
 * Abdoulaye Maïga (born 1988), Malian defender
 * Abdoulaye Seck (footballer, born 1988), Senegalese footballer
 * Abdoulaye Seck (footballer, born 1992), Senegalese footballer
 * Abdoulaye Fall (born 1989), Senegalese defensive midfielder
 * Abdoulaye Bamba (born 1990), Ivorian right back
 * Abdoulaye Keita (footballer, born 1990), French goalkeeper
 * Abdoulaye Ba (born 1991), Senegalese defender
 * Abdoulaye Sileye Gaye (born 1991), Mauritanian midfielder
 * Abdoulaye Koffi (born 1991), Ivorian forward
 * Abdoulaye Diallo (born 1992), Senegalese goalkeeper
 * Abdoulaye Sané (born 1992), Senegalese striker
 * Abdoulaye Sissoko (born 1992), Malian midfielder
 * Abdoulaye Doucouré (born 1993), French midfielder of Malian descent
 * Abdoulaye Cissé (Guinean footballer) (born 1994), defender
 * Abdoulaye Diarra (footballer, born 1994), Malian midfielder
 * Abdoulaye Keita (footballer, born 1994), Malian defensive midfielder
 * Abdoulaye Touré (footballer) (born 1994), French midfielder of Guinean descent

Other sportspeople

 * Abdoulaye Seye (1934–2011), Senegalese sprinter
 * Abdoulaye Thiam (born 1984), Senegalese fencer
 * Abdoulaye Wagne (born 1981), Senegalese middle-distance runner
 * Abdoulaye M'Baye (basketball) (born 1988), French basketball player
 * Abdoulaye Loum (born 1991), French basketball player

Artists, musicians, and writers

 * Abdoulaye Sadji (1910–1961), Senegalese writer and teacher
 * Abdoulaye Mamani (1932–1993), Nigerien poet, novelist and trade unionist
 * Abdoulaye Ascofaré (born 1949), Malian filmmaker
 * Abdoulaye Diakité (1951–2018), Senegalese djembe drummer
 * Abdoulaye Diabaté (born 1956), Senegalese singer and guitarist
 * Oxmo Puccino (born Abdoulaye Diarra, 1974), Malian hip hop musician

Politicians

 * Abdoulaye Touré (c. 1920–1985), Guinean politician
 * Abdoulaye Wade (born 1926), Senegalese politician, former president
 * Abdoulaye Sékou Sow (1931–2013), Malian politician, former prime minister
 * Abdoulaye Yerodia Ndombasi (1933–2019), Congolese politician, former foreign minister and vice-president
 * Abdoulaye Hamani Diori (1945–2011), Nigerien politician and businessman
 * Abdoulaye Bathily (born 1947), Senegalese politician and diplomat
 * Abdoulaye Baldé (politician) (born 1964), Senegalese politician
 * Abdoulaye Diop (born 1968), Malian diplomat
 * Abdoulaye Maïga, ambassador of Mali to the United States in 1960.
 * Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga (born 11 March 1958), prime minister of Mali from 8 April 2017 to 29 December 2017.
 * Abdoulaye Maïga (officer) (born 1981), appointed interim prime minister of Mali in August 2022.
 * Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, Senegalese United Nations official
 * Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, Senegalese government minister

Military

 * Abdoulaye Hissène, Central African warlord
 * Abdoulaye Miskine, Central African rebel leader

Surname

 * Adjaratou Abdoulaye, Togolese politician
 * Brahim Abdoulaye (born 1970), Chadian sprinter
 * Bruce Abdoulaye (born 1982), Congolese football right back
 * Djidéo Abdoulaye (born 1988), Chadian football player
 * Hassan Abdoulaye, Chadian football player
 * Maikano Abdoulaye (1932–2011), Cameroonian politician
 * Souley Abdoulaye (born 1965), Nigerien politician