Cheyanne as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Cheyanne

What is the meaning of the name Cheyanne ?

The baby name Cheyanne is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ʃaɪˈæn/ (shy-AN),/ʃeɪˈæn/ (shay-AN).

Cheyanne is in Origin.

Cheyanne is a modern respelling of Cheyenne, taken from the name of the Indigenous Cheyenne people. The ethnonym entered English via French trappers and is ultimately from the Dakota-Lakota form Shahiyena, a diminutive of Shahiya, an exonym for the Cree. It is commonly glossed as "little Cree," and by extension "people of a different speech." Pronounced shay-ANN, the given name carries associations with the Great Plains, Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the American West.

As a personal name in the United States, Cheyanne (and Cheyenne) came into wider use in the late 20th century, peaking in the 1990s-2000s. It is technically unisex but is used far more often for girls. Variant spellings include Cheyenne, Shyanne, Shianne, Shyann, Cheyann, Cheyanna, and Shyenne; short forms include Chey and Shy. The meaning is tied to the ethnonym's sense of "little Cree/people of different language," rather than a lexical word.