Given name
Chizu
“a bountiful woman”
Chizu is a variant of Chizuko. One Japanese interpretation is “a bountiful woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Chizu is a variant of Chizuko. One Japanese interpretation is “a bountiful woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Chizu is a variant of Chizuko. An origin associated with Chizuko is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chizu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1923. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chizu’s family of names
Chizu has a related form in Chizuko. In Japanese usage, Chizu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 千瑞.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Chizu
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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