Entry № 340 · Vietnamese origin

Chi Chi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ CHEE /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Vietnamese
Meaning
"Branch; life-force"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Vietnamese)

A name that means "branch; life-force".

Chi has multiple meanings. In Vietnamese (chi), it means "branch" or "twig." In Chinese (气, qì), it's the vital life-force in traditional medicine and philosophy.

Chi is widely used in Vietnam.

Branch; life-force. The Vietnamese-Chinese essence.

The name in its native script.

Chi · 气
Transliteration
Chi
Pronunciation
/ tʃiː /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Chi stands.

Chi 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.

Chis before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Chi
Common in Vietnamese fiction.

Names connected to Chi.

The number behind Chi.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Chi reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.