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Girl · Dakota, through English
Cheyenne
Say it: shy-AN
Meaning
From the name of the Cheyenne people, from a Dakota exonym Šahíyena, of disputed meaning; it is not a Cheyenne personal name.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Adopted as an American girls' name in the 1980s and 1990s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 71,534 babies given this name since 1946
- At its height in 1996, about 1 in 360 girls
- 506 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Shyann, Cheyanne
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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