Given name & surname
Chuy
“saviour”
In Spanish use, Chuy is a diminutive of Jesús. One interpretation is “saviour.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Chuy is a diminutive of Jesús. One interpretation is “saviour.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Chuy is a diminutive of Jesús. Jesús comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Chuy is a diminutive of Jesús.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chuy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 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 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 389 as a first name in 2020; 316 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.
Chuy’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Chuy has a diminutive in Chucho. In Spanish usage, Chuy is a diminutive of Jesús.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Chuy
- Chuy BravoMexican-American comedian and actor (1956-2019)
- Chuy GarcíaMexican-born American politician (born 1956)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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