Chyenne
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shy-AN
- Origin
- Native American
Chyenne 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 Chyenne 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 Chyenne a girl's or a boy's name?
Chyenne is a girls' name.
How popular is Chyenne 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 113 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Chyenne in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chyenne in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,858 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,464 |
| 2001 | 73 | #2,207 |
| 2000 | 82 | #2,012 |
| 1999 | 98 | #1,676 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,688 |
| 1997 | 104 | #1,550 |
| 1996 | 113 | #1,444 |
| 1995 | 77 | #1,832 |
| 1994 | 66 | #2,074 |
| 1993 | 52 | #2,412 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 1991 | 41 | #2,837 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Chyenne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy, Teagan, Brynn, Devyn, Kaitlyn, Brooklyn, Cheyenne, Keegan, Codi, Mckenna, Kiara, Brylee
Names related to Chyenne
Cheyanne, Chyanne, Cheyann, Chyann, Chynna, Cayenne, Cheyenna
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, “Chyenne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chyenne, updated 20 October 2026.