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Chia

Chia is a surname from Hokkien, ultimately from Teochew. It is used in English and Indonesian.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Chia comes from Hokkien, and ultimately from Teochew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Hokkien 謝 (Chiā), from Teochew 謝 (zia⁷).

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The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Chia through the years

Babies since 1880: 283; 69 boys · 214 girls
Most popular year: 1985; 25 babies
2025: 0; Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20: —; Too few births to compare

Boys Girls

Chia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1975–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,190 as a first name in 2020; 1,982 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.

Chia’s family of names

In English usage, Chia as a surname has a related form in JIA. In English usage, Chia as a surname has a related form in SIA. In English usage, Chia as a surname has a related form in SIA.

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Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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