I used to know a girl named Chyna, and personally it was a bad association. However, knowing her allowed me to view this name on a person; I had thought that it only belonged to China (the country). This being said, I don't care much for this name, only due to its similarity to China (the name of a country). Despite that, I don't think that it's the worst thing in the world to name a person.
Such a cute name! It is not trashy in any way, shape, or form. I think it's more common on black girls, and that's nothing to be ashamed about.
― Anonymous User 11/6/2023
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This name is not "trashy", per se. But it's not something I would use. The whole "swapping i's out with y's" thing is probably a way to make names more kre8tyv. All in all, I prefer China. This doesn't look right.
This name seems a little... Different, but that doesn't make it trashy! To all the Chinas and Chynas out there: Your name is awesome! You can do anything if you set your mind to it! Also, many of you are saying, "this name is rude and disrespectful because it's misspelled," when in fact, you're the only ones being rude and disrespectful by logging into a name site specifically to post negatively about people named Chyna. Maybe the problem isn't the Chynas.
I don't like the idea of misspelling stuff for names, it's kinda trashy and tacky. China is already a beautiful, rare name, so you don't need to tart it up!
China is tacky enough, as it's the name of a country, and the sort of parents who choose the name surely don't have any ties to the country, but just like the sound of it as a name, and that makes them seem ignorant and quite superficial. Misspelling China seems even tackier. It does rather seem disrespectful to the country and the culture, and people with Chinese heritage would never use China to begin with, certianly not a bastardized spelling of it.
I'm sorry but I feel that purposely altering or misspelling a country, city, or state name is disrespectful for the both the people of these places and the places themselves.
There was an 11-year-old girl in my local newspaper recently, whose name was given as "Chyna Queen [Surname]". I have since posted on this site about it and the response to just Chyna has been overwhelmingly in it's opposition, to say the least. In my opinion, this name seems a bit trashy, and will never be inducted onto my Personal Name List (sorry, don't wish to grieve anyone in Chyna's favor!).