Chibueze is a boy's name of African origin meaning “chi is king.” In England & Wales it was given to 4 boys in 2025.
Chibueze belongs to the African tradition. Its meaning — “chi is king” — 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, Chibueze first appears in Social Security records in 1996. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #6173 in 1997, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 172 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Chibueze means “chi is king” in its African roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Chibueze is a boy name. In England & Wales, 4 babies received the name in 2025.
Chibueze comes from the African tradition.
Chibueze first appears in US records in 1996. Its best-ever ranking was #6173 in 1997, 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. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. 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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