Given name & surname
Cheyne
“an oak-hearted woman”·“an oak-hearted man”
Cheyne is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “an oak-hearted woman” (French) and “an oak-hearted man” (French). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “an oak-hearted woman” (French) and “an oak-hearted man” (French). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
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
Cheyne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,025
- 910 boys · 115 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 81 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 6 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 70 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 947 as a first name in 2020; 901 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.
Cheyne’s family of names
Cheyne has a related form in Chaney. Cheyne has a related form in Chane. Cheyne has a related form in Cheney.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Chesneyvariant · English
- Chaneyvariant
- Cheynnelikely variant
- Chaynevariant
- Chainvariant
- Chanevariant
- Cheneyvariant
- Chaenevariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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