Entry № 2000 · Shona origin

Chipo Chipo — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ CHEE-poh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Shona
Meaning
"Gift"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Shona)

A name that means "gift".

Chipo is the Shona word for "gift" — used as a feminine name across Zimbabwe and the Shona diaspora.

Chipo is widely used in Zimbabwe.

Gift. The Shona word.

The name in its native script.

Chipo
Transliteration
Chipo
Pronunciation
/ ˈtʃiː.poʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Chipo stands.

Chipo 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.

Chipos before her.

Real people
Chipo Chung
Zimbabwean actress.
born 1977
In fiction
Chipo
Common in Zimbabwean fiction.

Names connected to Chipo.

The number behind Chipo.

6

The Nurturer

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