Chen

A unisex name of Chinese origin, meaning morning or dawn.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Chen by the numbers

Chen was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 1983, making it a 1980s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Chen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Chancommon surname; often means facilitator or mediator11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Chen

Names that are said the same way as Chen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Cheyennepeople who speak an unintelligible language; a Native American people741 in the US (2017)
  • Sheyenneunintelligible speakers; variant of Cheyenne9 in the US (2017)
  • Cheynefrom the oakwood; variant of Cheyney6 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean the dawn

Like Chen, each of these has the dawn in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Vihaanmorning, dawn93 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zoradawn203 in the US (2017)
  • Roxannedawn; a form of Roxana188 in the US (2017)
  • Tariqmorning star or one who knocks36 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Chen

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