Given name & surname
Chae
“one who gives life”·“a giver of life”·“from the fairy place”
Chae is a variant of Chai. Interpretations include “one who gives life” (Hebrew) and “a giver of life” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions. Chae is a variant of Chay. One interpretation is “from the fairy place.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Chae is a variant of Chai. Interpretations include “one who gives life” (Hebrew) and “a giver of life” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions. Chae is a variant of Chay. One interpretation is “from the fairy place.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Chae is a variant of Chai. An origin associated with Chai is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chae through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 323
- 148 boys · 175 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,785 as a first name in 2020; 2,988 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chae’s family of names
Chae has a related form in Chai. Chae has a related form in Chay.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Chae
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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