Cheyene
- Gender
- Girl
Cheyene is a girls' name, meaning “to speak incoherently”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Cheyene mean?
Spelling of Cheyenne
“to speak incoherently”
A female or male given name of modern American usage.
Meaning borrowed from Cheyenne. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Cheyene a girl's or a boy's name?
Cheyene is a girls' name.
How popular is Cheyene in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Cheyene in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cheyene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,413 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 42 | #3,096 |
| 1998 | 56 | #2,458 |
| 1997 | 57 | #2,325 |
| 1996 | 52 | #2,447 |
| 1995 | 50 | #2,511 |
| 1994 | 47 | #2,622 |
| 1993 | 44 | #2,720 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Cheyene
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy, Caroline, Kaitlyn, Kaylee, Chloe, Brielle, Kylie, Cadence, Brooklyn, Teagan, Kiara, Callie
Names related to Cheyene
Cheyenne, Cheyanne, Cheyann, Cheyanna, Cheyenna, Cheyne, Cheney, Cheynne
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, “Cheyene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cheyene, updated 20 October 2026.