Chimere

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Chimere by the numbers

Its American peak was 167 babies in 1980, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Chimere

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Chimere. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Chimerafire-breathing monster; a fantastical creature5 in the US (2017)
  • Chideragod's will; divine guidance16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Chinyeregod gives or god is generous4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Chiemeriegod showed me5 in England and Wales (2025)

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