Chinyere
Girl · chin-YEH-reh · Igbo
Chinyere is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “God gave, gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Chinyere mean?
Igbo
“God gave, gift of God”
Igbo name formed from Chi, God, and nyere, gave.
- Say it
- chin-YEH-reh
Is Chinyere a girl's or a boy's name?
Chinyere is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chinyere in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Chinyere, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2000, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Chinyere in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
How popular is Chinyere in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Chinyere in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chinyere in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
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