The baby name Chinedu is a Boy name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced CHEE-neh-doo.
Chinedu is Igbo in Origin.
The baby name Chinedu is a boy name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced CHEE-neh-doo.
Chinedu is Igbo in Origin.
Chinedu is an Igbo masculine name from the verbal clause Chi na-edu, the earliest recoverable form behind the modern spelling. Chi denotes a personal spiritual force and, in later Christian usage, God; na-edu is the progressive form of the verb idu, to lead or guide. The contracted compound therefore has the literal sense God leads or God is guiding.
It belongs to the Igbo sentence-name tradition of southeastern Nigeria, where names often record belief, circumstance, or thanksgiving. Chi-compounds sit comfortably in both Odinani cosmology and Igbo Christianity, which helped preserve them in church and civil records. Use is chiefly Nigerian and diasporic, with modest American registration from the 1980s onward. Public bearers include actor Chinedu Ikedieze and footballer Chinedu Obasi; Chinedum is a related expanded form rather than an exact variant.
| Chinedu Ikedieze Chinedu Ikedieze is a Nollywood actor, entrepreneur, and investor, most famous for starring with Osita Iheme in the hit film Aki na Ukwa. Born on 12 December 1977, he is widely known for that breakout 2002 movie and his long-running screen partnership with Iheme. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG | Boys | 0 | #41 | 10,316 | 16,906 |
| NG | 0 | #54 | 274 | 5,926 | |
| CM | 0 | #56 | 1 | 2,592 | |
| AO | 0 | #77 | 1 | 2,729 | |
| MV | Boys | 0 | #79 | 1 | 3,375 |
| QA | 0 | #105 | 2 | 7,011 | |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #153 | 2 | 4,685 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| AE | 0 | #185 | 3 | 10,220 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #219 | 2 | 4,970 |
| GH | 0 | #241 | 8 | 5,396 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #247 | 3 | 5,568 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #270 | 4 | 6,912 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #302 | 2 | 7,909 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #304 | 16 | 9,639 |
| Canada | Boys | 2020 | #313 | 10 | 2,548 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #321 | 25 | 8,138 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #336 | 2 | 6,973 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #341 | 686 | 15,093 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #473 | 2 | 14,421 | |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #481 | 70 | 12,054 |
| LY | 0 | #508 | 28 | 12,703 | |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #525 | 2 | 12,621 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #555 | 3 | 12,905 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #556 | 5 | 11,671 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #559 | 3 | 10,655 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| BH | 0 | #585 | 3 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #623 | 3 | 10,983 |
| LB | 0 | #689 | 2 | 13,263 | |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #693 | 15 | 18,093 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #784 | 2 | 12,213 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #883 | 10 | 7,044 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #917 | 14 | 5,610 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #924 | 2 | 15,035 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #941 | 11 | 5,873 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,017 | 76 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,045 | 134 | 25,619 |
| MA | 0 | #1,118 | 11 | 20,986 | |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,175 | 8 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,199 | 13 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,228 | 9 | 25,928 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,233 | 2 | 20,130 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,414 | 58 | 10,046 |
Chinedu is popular in 41 countries — most recent births per country:
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