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Meaning of name Cheyenne

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Meaning

The name Cheyenne has the following meaning:

Name of a Native American Tribe. An unusal name which is hardly used. It could also mean "To speak incoherently" in American English.
This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Cheyenne is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 135 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Cheyenne fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 24 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 184 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Cheyenne in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Cheyenne is pronounced as shy-yen

Origins

Cheyenne originates from the Native American language.
See other suggested Native American baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Cheyenne and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Cheyenne: Boys - Girls - Nayeli, Nevaeh, Shania, Shanice, Shanika, Shaniqua, Tamela, Taryn, Winona, Both genders - Alma, Ballard, Chance, Deiondre, Guadalupe, Harley

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Cheyenne: Chayan, Chayanne, Chey, Cheyan, Cheyana, Cheyann, Cheyanne (English), Cheyeana, Cheyeene, Cheyena, Cheyna, Cheyne, Cheynee, Cheynna, Chi - Anne, Chyan, Chyeana

Nicknames

Common nicknames for the name Cheyenne are: Shy, Yen

Style

We think the name Cheyenne should fall under the following style category: The Wild West.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Cheyenne to be: An outdoors, adventurous girl with a gungho attitude

In one word, you might describe Cheyenne as a(n) "adventurous" person.

See other "adventurous" names for boys and girls.

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Cheyenne

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Carter (97)
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Cotey
Carl
Connie
Carrey
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