Cheyane
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shy-AN
- Origin
- Native American
Cheyane is a girls' name of Native American origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Cheyane mean?
Native American: spelling of Cheyanne, itself a spelling of Cheyenne, via Dakota
From the name of the Cheyenne people, from a Dakota word usually explained as 'little Cree'.
Meaning borrowed from Cheyanne. More on Wiktionary.
Is Cheyane a girl's or a boy's name?
Cheyane is a girls' name.
How popular is Cheyane in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Cheyane in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cheyane in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
Names like Cheyane
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caroline, Chloe, Callie, Cadence, Katherine, Phoebe, Corinne, Camryn, Grace, Cassidy, Brielle, Clare
Names related to Cheyane
Cheyenne, Cheyanne, Chyna, Chaney, Chyanne, Chanie, Cheyann, Chyann
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cheyane: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cheyane, updated 20 October 2026.