Chyanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shy-AN-a
- Origin
- Native American
Chyanna 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 Chyanna mean?
Native American: 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.
Is Chyanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Chyanna is a girls' name.
How popular is Chyanna 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 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Chyanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chyanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
Names like Chyanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy, Mckenna, Kiara, Brianna, Kianna, Kiana, Briana, Kierra, Breanna, Bryanna, Brenna, Fiona
Names related to Chyanna
Chana, Cheyanne, Cianna, Chyna, Chyanne, Ceanna, Channah, Cyanna
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, “Chyanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chyanna, updated 20 October 2026.