Chidi
Chidi is a boy name of Igbo origin, meaning God exists.
What Chidi means
God exists.
Chidi sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Chidi comes from
Igbo names are often compressed statements about God, gratitude, or the circumstances of a birth, readable as sentences by any speaker.
Chidi is recorded as Igbo in origin. Browse other Igbo names.
How popular is Chidi?
Chidi does not currently chart in the top 100 boy names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Chidi
We group Chidi under faith. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Faith
Names like Chidi
These share Chidi's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Clement — Merciful and mild.
- Cohen — Priest.
- Cristobal — Bearer of Christ.
- Declan — Full of goodness; an Irish saint.
- Makoto — Sincerity, truth.
- Abraham — Father of multitudes.
- Abram — Exalted father.
- Adil — Just and fair.
- Amadeus — Lover of God.
- Ambrose — Immortal.
- Angelo — Angel; a messenger.
- Augustine — Great and venerable.