Chyan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shy-AN
- Origin
- Native American
Chyan is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “people of alien speech”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Chyan mean?
Native American: spelling of Chyann; respelling of Cheyenne, a Plains people named from a Dakota Sioux word
“people of alien speech”
Respelling of Cheyenne, the name of a Plains Indian people, from a Dakota Sioux word for speakers of a foreign language.
Meaning borrowed from Chyann.
Is Chyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Chyan is a girls' name.
How popular is Chyan in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Chyan in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Chyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Chyan
More Native American names
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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, “Chyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chyan, updated 20 October 2026.