Chinedum
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- chee-NEH-dum
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
Chinedum is a boys' name of Igbo origin, meaning “God leads me”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies).
What does Chinedum mean?
Igbo: Chi na edu m
“God leads me”
Is Chinedum a girl's or a boy's name?
Chinedum is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chinedum in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 375% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Chinedum, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
2025 had the most boys named Chinedum of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Chinedum in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Chinedum in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
Nicknames for Chinedum
- Chinedu 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Chinedum
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chidubem, Chiziterem, Chukwuebuka, Tobechukwu, Somtochukwu, Kenechukwu, Ifechukwu, Obi, Kamsiyochukwu, Naetochukwu, Achim, Munachimso
More Igbo names
Amara, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Chizaram, Amarachi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Chisom, Tobenna, Lotanna, Kosisochukwu, Chikaima, Adaugo, Chioma
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chinedum: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chinedum, updated 20 October 2026.