Azikiwe is a boy's name of African origin meaning “to retreat is better than to give in to anger.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Azikiwe belongs to the African tradition. Its meaning — “to retreat is better than to give in to anger” — is the sense carried by its African roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Azikiwe first appears in Social Security records in 1971. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4964 in 1983, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 18 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Azikiwe means “to retreat is better than to give in to anger” in its African roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Azikiwe is a boy name.
Azikiwe comes from the African tradition.
Azikiwe first appears in US records in 1971. Its best-ever ranking was #4964 in 1983, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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