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
Along the way
  1. 1946
    First appearance
    #4,960 among girls, 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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.