Entry № 1867 · Igbo origin

Chaka Chaka — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ CHAH-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Igbo
Meaning
"Iconic Chaka Khan - 10x Grammy R&B Queen"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Igbo)

A name that means "iconic chaka khan - 10x grammy r&b queen".

Blige, and Beyoncé. Princess Chaka — modern African-American heritage naming.

Woman of fire (Igbo).

The name in its native script.

Chaka
Transliteration
Chaka
Pronunciation
/ ˈtʃɑː.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Chaka stands.

Chaka does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Chakas before her.

Real people
Chaka Khan
Iconic American Queen of Funk + 10x Grammy + Rock and Roll HoF 2024.
born 1953
In fiction
Chaka
Woman of fire heritage.

Names connected to Chaka.

The number behind Chaka.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Chaka reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.