name
Kipchoge
kip-CHOH-gay
kɪpˈtʃoʊɡeɪListen
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Syllable breakdown
Kipchoge
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Kipsigis/Kalenjin (Kenya)
- Meaning
- a Kalenjin masculine name in which the Kip prefix indicates a male of the Kalenjin people, originally meaning son of a man or boy; the name has gained global recognition through Eliud Kipchoge, the Kenyan marathon runner widely regarded as the greatest marathon runner in history and the first person to run a sub-two-hour marathon; within Kalenjin culture the name connects the bearer to the age-set system that governs social organisation, initiation, and the transmission of values including the celebrated Kalenjin ethic of training discipline, communal solidarity, and patient development of excellence
- Gender
- male
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