Chuyên

given name · Latin script

Meaning: to specialise in; to be expert in

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Chuyên is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In American Samoa it is the 3rd most common given name.

rarermore common
  • ISIceland1 in 351K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.2M
  • CZCzechia1 in 1.8M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

268 people, 2020

Sources
33 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 351K (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Chuyen in US United States, AS American Samoa and Chuyển in VN Vietnam.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

to specialise in; to be expert in

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Chuyên counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Chuyên is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—2681 in 1.2M164Chuyen33
CZ Czechia—61 in 1.8M6——
PL Poland—31 in 13M3——
IS Iceland—11 in 351K1——
VN Vietnam———listedChuyển1
AS American Samoa#3———Chuyen2

268 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the vn-kaggle-given register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; MVČR — living population register 2017; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Chuyên is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Chuyen, Chuyện, Chuyền, Chuyến, Chuyển

  • Spanish given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, El Salvador, Peru, Chile

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Chuyen, Chuyển, Chuyện, Chuyền

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Chuyến, Chuyen, Chuyện, Chuyển, Chuyền

  • Chinese given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Taiwan, Malaysia

    Also written Chuyen, Chu-Yen, Chuyển

  • Hindi name8 spellings in the group

    Also written Chuyen, Chuyển, Chuyện

  • Russian name9 spellings in the group

    Also written Chuyen, Chuyện, Chuyến, Chuyển, Chuyền

22 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Ma Zhuanb. 651not in their usual nameperson, CBDB = 143702
  • Wang Zhuannot in their usual nameSong dynasty person CBDB = 97871
  • Dou Zhuannot in their usual nameSong dynasty person CBDB = 119679
  • Linghu Zhuannot in their usual nameperson, CBDB = 184330
  • Jia Zhuannot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 387480
  • Lu Zhuannot in their usual nameTang dynasty person CBDB = 157605
  • Lu Zhuannot in their usual nameTang dynasty person CBDB = 179412

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Chuyên
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
VN VietnamVietnamese given names (Kaggle)———

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Chuyên mean, and where does it come from?
to specialise in; to be expert in Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Chuyên a male or female name?
Chuyên is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Chuyên have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 268 people named Chuyên, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled chuyen.
Where is Chuyên most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Chuyên is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 351 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Chuyên?
In the United States, the national register counted 268 people named Chuyên in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
How common is Chuyên compared with other names?
In American Samoa, Chuyên is the 3rd most common given name of 4 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Chuyên” — the 3rd most common given name in American Samoa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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