# Abdoulaye

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

## Given name
### 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 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