Chen
Chen is a baby name of Chinese origin, meaning Morning, dawn.
What Chen means
Morning, dawn.
Chen is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Chen comes from
Chinese given names are chosen character by character, and the characters are picked for meaning, tone, and balance. Names are rarely drawn from a fixed list — most are composed fresh for the child.
Chen is recorded as Chinese in origin. Browse other Chinese names.
How popular is Chen?
In the baby name rankings we track, Chen falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Chen
We group Chen under light and brightness. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Light
Names like Chen
These share Chen's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Ming — Bright, brilliant.
- Cahaya — Light.
- Anh — Bright; hero; flower petal.
- Chiara — Bright, clear, light.
- Clara — Bright, clear, famous.
- Cyrus — Sun; lord.
- Hadar — Splendour; glory.
- Haru — Spring; sunlight.
- Hinata — Sunny place; toward the sun.
- Lux — Light.
- Minh — Bright, intelligent.
- Nour — Light.