Given name & surname
Chic
“a fun-loving girl”
Chic is a variant of Chick. One American interpretation is “a fun-loving girl.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Chic is a variant of Chick. One American interpretation is “a fun-loving girl.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Chic is a diminutive of Charles. Charles comes from French, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Chic is a diminutive of Charles.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chic through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 6 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 1954. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1949. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 115 as a first name in 2020; 267 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.
Chic’s family of names
In English usage, Chic is a diminutive of Charles. Chic has a related form in Chick.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Chic
- Chic HechtAmerican politician (1928-2006)
- Chic JohnsonAmerican comedian (1891–1962)
- Chic BatesEnglish football player and manager (born 1949)
- Chic StoneAmerican comics artist (1923–2000)
- Chic BrodieScottish politician (born 1944)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Chic, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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