Sheyanne
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shy-AN
- Origin
- Native American
Sheyanne 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 Sheyanne mean?
Native American: respelling of Cheyenne, from the Dakota name for the Cheyenne people
“people of alien speech”
A respelling of Cheyenne, the name of a Plains Indian nation and of the capital of Wyoming.
Is Sheyanne a girl's or a boy's name?
Sheyanne is a girls' name.
How popular is Sheyanne 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 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Sheyanne in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sheyanne in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,364 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 56 | #2,524 |
| 1998 | 50 | #2,688 |
| 1997 | 62 | #2,197 |
| 1996 | 59 | #2,250 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,875 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
Names like Sheyanne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Teagan Devyn Kaitlyn Brynn Brooklyn Kaylee Mckenna Brylee Ashlyn Reagan Kiara
Names related to Sheyanne
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, “Sheyanne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sheyanne, updated 20 October 2026.