"Traditional name"
The name Chidera is commonly a unisex name.
Chidera is an Igbo name from southeastern Nigeria, built from chi, the word for the personal god or providence in Igbo, and dera, meaning write. It is commonly rendered as what God has written or what God has ordained. Igbo personal names of this form are statements rather than labels, and Chidera belongs with names such as Chidinma and Chidiebere, which are built the same way.
The pronunciation of Chidera is chee-DEH-rah.
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