Given name & surname
Chea
“a witty woman”
Chea is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a witty woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a witty woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
In English usage, Chea as a surname developed from ជា.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 95
- 15 boys · 80 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 8 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 5 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 474 as a first name in 2020; 4,916 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.
Chea’s family of names
In English usage, Chea as a surname developed from the Khmer form ជា. Chea has a related form in Cheah. Chea has a related form in Cheea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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