Chinua - Meaning of Chinua

What does Chinua mean?

[ 3 syll. (c)hi-nua, ch-in-ua ] The baby boy name Chinua is pronounced as CH-IY-Nuw-aa- †. Chinua has its origins in the African-Igbo language. It is used largely in the African and Igbo languages. The meaning of the name is 'God's blessing'. It is derived from the word Chi which means 'God'.

Chinua is a variation (African) of Chike (African and Igbo).

Variations of Chinua include Chino, Chinou, and Chinuah.

See also the related categories, igbo and god.

Chinua is unusual as a baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Chinua include Chesnea, Chinmaya, Canna, Chacen, Chaecen, Chaen, Chaene, Chaesen, Chaeson, Chaicen, Chain, Chaine, Chainey, Chaisen, Chaison, Cham, Chan, Chane, Chanee, and Chani.

† English pronunciation for Chinua: CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"



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