Entry № 1870 · 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
Grammatical form

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
Champey
Common Cambodian name.
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.