Chiamaka is a girl's name of African origin meaning “chi is beautiful.” In 2024 it was given to 13 girls in the United States.
Chiamaka at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
African
Meaning
“chi is beautiful”
About the name Chiamaka
Chiamaka belongs to the African tradition. Its meaning — “chi is beautiful” — 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, Chiamaka first appears in Social Security records in 1988. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4232 in 2017, and in 2024 13 babies received the name — 634 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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