Cheyenne

"People of a different language" — a name drawn from the Great Plains, carrying Indigenous heritage and open-sky spirit

Cheyenne comes from the Lakota Sioux word Šahíyena, meaning people who speak a different language, referring to the Cheyenne Nation, an Algonquian-speaking Plains people. It was adopted as a given name in the United States in the 20th century, evoking the spirit of the American West. It peaked in the late 1990s partly due to Western-themed pop culture and has since declined but retains a distinct frontier character.