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Nkechinyere

From Igbo nke, "that which", Chi, one's personal god, and nyere, "gave": together, "what God gave."

Meaning and origin

Nkechinyere is a girl's name from the Igbo people of south-eastern Nigeria, chosen to record a birth as something given by Chi, the personal guardian spirit of traditional Igbo belief that Christian Igbo families now…

How to pronounce Nkechinyere

Igbo (Nigeria)en-keh-chee-NYEH-reh /ŋkɛtʃiɲere/

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