Cheran

Meaning

a king of the Chera line, one of the three crowned dynasties of ancient Tamilakam; a name of dynastic pride, like its siblings Cholan and Pandiyan

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Cheran has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Cheran truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Cheran fits with your family’s names and surname.

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