Cheyenne

Where Cheyenne comes from

Borrowed from French Cheyenne, from Dakota šahíyena, from Dakota šaia (“to speak incoherently”), from Dakota ša (“red”) and Dakota ya (“to speak”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Cheyenne
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Cheyenne through the years
  1. 1946
    First appearance
    #4,960 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1975
    Cheyenne Jackson born
    American actor and singer
  4. 1990
    Cheyenne Kimball born
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, mandolinist
  5. 1996
    Peak, #68
    4,866 babies named Cheyenne, the most in any year.
  6. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #149.
In the dictionary
  • A female or male given name of modern American usage.
Namesakes
  • Cheyenne Jackson · American actor and singer, born 1975
  • Cheyenne Kimball · American singer-songwriter, guitarist, mandolinist, born 1990
  • Cheyenne Brando · Tahitian model and the daughter of Marlon Brando, 1970–1995
  • Cheyenne Goh · Singaporean speed skater, born 1999
  • Cheyenne Parker · American basketball player, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.