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Origin & history of Chinelo1
African / Yoruba / Swahili roots
Chinelo comes from the African / Yoruba / Swahili tradition, meaning "God remembers me, or God remembers.".
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How popular is Chinelo?
1993
peak year
The name Chinelo reached its peak in 1993, with 11 registrations (ranked #7602). It had only entered records 10 years earlier, in 1983. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #14898) today, averaging about 6 new babies per year. Across all years on record, approximately 136 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
11
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #7,602)
(ranked #7,602)
6
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
60
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
136
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Chinelo3
Life path number
The Creator
Creativity, joy and self-expression.
✨Creative
😄Joyful
🗣️Communicator
🌈Optimistic
C3
H8
I9
N5
E5
L3
O6
Sum: 39 → Life path 3
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Personality of Chinelo✨
Bright & creative
Imaginative, expressive, endlessly inventive.
😊
Magnetic warmth
Their laugh is contagious. People love being near them.
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Eternal optimist
Even in dark moments they find the light.
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Storyteller
They can describe anything and make it fascinating.
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