Chinedu
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Chinedu is a given name, most frequently recorded in Nigeria, where it is the 98th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Swahili, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: God leads, God guides.
- NGNigeria1 in 1.2K◐
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 136K
- USUnited States1 in 398K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈1.1K ●
- Sources
- 208 ●
- 1 in 117K ◐
across 8 countries
72K records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Meaning & origin●
God leads, God guides.
Sources 1
- The African book of names
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | #98 | 59,508 | 64K rec. | — | listed | Chinedu | 145 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 1,515 | 575 rec. | — | — | Chinedu | 80 |
| US United States | — | 836 | 4.8K rec. | 1 in 398K | 836 | Chinedu | 208 |
| ZA South Africa | — | 408 | 437 rec. | — | — | Chinedu | 28 |
| DE Germany | — | 178 | 187 rec. | — | 1 | Chinedu | 45 |
| CA Canada | — | 157 | 132 rec. | — | 1 | Chinedu | 51 |
| KE Kenya | — | 148 | 4 rec. | — | — | Chinedu | 6 |
| AU Australia | — | 141 | 143 rec. | — | 1 | Chinedu | 28 |
| BR Brazil | — | 140 | 13 rec. | — | — | Chinedu | 9 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 93 | 99 rec. | — | — | Chinedu | 7 |
| MY Malaysia | — | 91 | 52 rec. | — | — | Chinedu | 17 |
| SE Sweden | — | 87△ | 12 rec. | 1 in 117K | 87 | — | 11 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English66K74%
- Swahili16K18%
- 7791%
- French5061%
- Spanish5041%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 65,582 | 74% |
| Swahili | 15,901 | 18% |
| 779 | 1% | |
| French | 506 | 1% |
| Spanish | 504 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1982 | 6 |
| 1983 | 9 |
| 1984 | 6 |
| 1985 | 10 |
| 1986 | 5 |
| 1987 | 17 |
| 1988 | 5 |
| 1989 | 5 |
| 1990 | 6 |
| 1991 | 13 |
| 1992 | 10 |
| 1993 | 10 |
| 1994 | 12 |
| 1995 | 14 |
| 1996 | 9 |
| 1997 | 13 |
| 1998 | 17 |
| 1999 | 10 |
| 2000 | 12 |
| 2001 | 5 |
| 2002 | 12 |
| 2003 | 12 |
| 2004 | 13 |
| 2005 | 11 |
| 2006 | 15 |
| 2007 | 13 |
| 2008 | 15 |
| 2009 | 9 |
| 2010 | 13 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 11 |
| 2013 | 13 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 16 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 12 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2025 | 10 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 44 years between 1982–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Dr. Opara Genevieve Chinedub. 1965NGcoordinator and senior librarian
- Chinedu Ikediezeb. 1977NGNigerian actor
- Chinedu Orialab. 1981NGNigerian sprinter
- Nedu Wazobiab. 1982NGnot in their usual nameOn-air comedian
- Chinedu Edeb. 1987DEGerman association football player
- Bright Dikeb. 1987USnot in their usual nameNigerian footballer
- Victor Anichebeb. 1988NGnot in their usual nameNigerian association football player
- Chinedu Ekeneb. 1999DEGerman-Nigerian association football player
- Charles Ndukaubab. 2007NGnot in their usual nameNigerian writer and Poet
- Chinedu AzodohNGNigeria entrepreneur
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 36 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 836 | #13,386 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 87 | #9,408 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 80 | #5,876 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 68 | #13,386 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 60 | #1,052 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 33 | #8,612 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 28 | #4,639 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 27 | #69,359 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 27 | #67,696 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 24 | #17,814 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 22 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 21 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 129 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Chinedu?
- We estimate roughly 1.1 thousand people bear Chinedu (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Chinedu have the most bearers?
- Chinedu is most frequently recorded in Nigeria, where it is most often spelled chinedu.
- How common is Chinedu compared with other names?
- In Nigeria, Chinedu is the 98th most common given name of 146,224 given names recorded there.
- Is Chinedu a male or female name?
- Chinedu is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Chinedu mean?
- Recorded meaning: God leads, God guides.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Chinedu” — the 98th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.