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Cheynne
How to Pronounce Cheynne
Pronounced shy-AN /ʃaɪˈæn/Medium
Meaning: A contracted spelling of Cheyenne, the name of a Great Plains Native American people and the Wyoming city named for them. The tribal name reached English through French from a Dakota (Sioux) word for the Cheyenne; its deeper meaning is uncertain.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Cheynne is a compact spelling of Cheyenne, the name of a Great Plains people and of the capital of Wyoming. The word came into English by way of French from a Dakota Sioux term for the Cheyenne; its original meaning is debated. As a girl's name Cheyenne rose in the 1990s, and Cheynne is a rare pared-down variant.
Cheynne stayed vanishingly rare while Cheyenne itself was popular, only a couple of dozen girls a year around the late 1990s. It reads as a variant spelling of a well-known place and heritage name.
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What does the name Cheynne mean?
Cheynne is a spelling of Cheyenne, the name of a Great Plains Native American people; its deeper meaning is uncertain.
How do you pronounce Cheynne?
It's said shy-AN /ʃaɪˈæn/ — two syllables, stress on the second.
Is Cheynne a boy or girl name?
Cheynne is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Cheynne?
Cheynne has always been very rare, given to only a couple of dozen girls a year at its peak.