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Shaiann

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How to Pronounce Shaiann

Pronounced shy-ANN /ʃaɪˈæn/Medium

Meaning: Shaiann is a phonetic respelling of Cheyenne, the name of a Plains Native American people and, through the city in Wyoming, a fashionable American girls' name. The tribal name comes to English via the Dakota Sioux 'sahiyena', a term for the Cheyenne.Low

In 30 seconds: Shaiann is a respelling of Cheyenne, the name of a Native American people. It stayed rare, given to only a few dozen girls a year at its peak (said 'shy-ANN').
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Origin LowNative American, English
MeaningShaiann is a phonetic respelling of Cheyenne, the name of a Plains Native American people and, through the city in Wyoming, a fashionable American girls' name. The tribal name comes to English via the Dakota Sioux 'sahiyena', a term for the Cheyenne.
U.S. rank (2014)#18810 ↘ Falling
2014 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1997
Total births (all-time)≈ 331
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Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 199719932014

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

Shaiann is one of many spellings that trailed Cheyenne's popularity as an American girls' name in the nineteen-nineties. Cheyenne is the name of a Native American nation, passed into English via the Dakota Sioux 'sahiyena' and the Wyoming capital named for them.

This spelling never became common, appearing for only a few dozen girls a year around the late nineteen-nineties. It reads as a phonetic personal variant of a place-and-people name that was briefly in vogue.

Did you know? The name it echoes, Cheyenne, is the name of a Plains people - and reached English through a Dakota Sioux word for them, 'sahiyena', long before it became a girls' name.
Overall data confidence 50%
References - Shaiann / Cheyenne — Respelling of Cheyenne; Native American people; Sioux 'sahiyena'

Variations

CheyenneCheyanneShyanneShayannSheyenne

Nicknames

ShyAnne

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Cheyenne— the standard spelling of this people-and-place name
Cheyanne— a common a-vowel respelling
Shyanne— a phonetic sh-spelling like this one
Sheyenne— a closely related variant spelling

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Shaiann mean?

Shaiann is a respelling of Cheyenne, the name of a Plains Native American people.

How do you pronounce Shaiann?

It's said shy-ANN /ʃaɪˈæn/ - two syllables, stress on the second.

Is Shaiann a boy or girl name?

Shaiann is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Shaiann?

Shaiann has always been rare, a respelling of the name Cheyenne.

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