Nnamdi is a boy's name of African origin meaning “my father lives.” In 2024 it was given to 13 boys in the United States.
Nnamdi belongs to the African tradition. Its meaning — “my father lives” — 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, Nnamdi first appears in Social Security records in 1976. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2432 in 1997, and in 2024 13 babies received the name — 797 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Nnamdi means “my father lives” in its African roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Nnamdi is a boy name. In 2024, 13 babies received the name in the US.
Nnamdi comes from the African tradition.
Nnamdi first appears in US records in 1976. Its best-ever ranking was #2432 in 1997, and 13 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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