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Kenechi

Kènèchí

/keh-NEH-chee/Igbo · a boy or girl’s name

“Thank God”

How to say it
keh-NEH-chee
Traditional Igbo spelling
Kènèchí
Used in
Nigeria
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

KenechiKènèchí

Nicknames & short forms

Kene

From the same family

01Kenechukwu“Thank God”Igboany→︎02Abuchi“It is God / it is the chi (personal spiritual guardian).”Igbomale→︎03Achike“God's hand.”Igbomale→︎04Adachukwu“Daughter of God.”Igbofemale→︎05Adaolisa“Daughter of God”Igbofemale→︎06Adaugochukwu“Daughter of God's glory; also understood as God's glorious/precious daughter.”Igbofemale→︎07Akachukwu“The hand of God”Igboany→︎08Akaolisa“The hand of God”Igboany→︎09Amaogechukwu“Who knows God's appointed time?”Igboany→︎10Amarachi“God's grace”Igbofemale→︎11Amuche“Who knows?; a child whose future is known to God”Igbofemale→︎12Anayochukwu“One who looks to God”Igboany→︎