Entry № 1878 · Khmer origin

Champey Champey — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ CHAHM-pay /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Khmer
Meaning
"Frangipani flower"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Khmer)

A name that means "frangipani flower".

Champey (ចំប៉ា) is the Khmer (Cambodian) word for "frangipani" (Plumeria) — the fragrant white-yellow flower of Southeast Asian temples. From the Sanskrit campaka.

Champey is widely used in Cambodia. The national tree of Laos is the champey/champa.

Frangipani. The Khmer temple flower.

The name in its native script.

ចំប៉ា
Transliteration
Champā
Pronunciation
/ ˈtʃɑːm.peɪ /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Champey stands.

Champey does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Champeys before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Champey
Common in Cambodian fiction.

Names connected to Champey.

The number behind Champey.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Champey reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.