Given name & surname
Chano
“a shining woman”
Chano is a variant of Chan. One Sanskrit interpretation is “a shining woman.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Chano is a variant of Chan. One Sanskrit interpretation is “a shining woman.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33
- 33 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 7 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 boys is 5 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 258 as a first name in 2020; 132 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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