China

Place-name

China Origin and Meaning

The name China is a girl's name of English origin.

Long before the current place-name craze, a pair of the more daring pop singers of the Age of Aquarius picked this name for their daughters. Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick used the conventional spelling, the Mamas and the Papas's Michelle Phillips went further afield with Chynna (of the group Wilson Phillips).

The name has been associated with some very glamorous women--China (born Noelie and pronounced Cheena) Machado was one of the first supermodels and a muse for Richard Avedon, and the contemporary actress and model China Chow.

China Rank in US Top 1000

# 897 in the US

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Famous People Named China

• China Anne McClain American pop singer and actress
• Noelie Dasouza "China" Machado Chinese,born model and fashion editor
• China Chow British actress and model
• Margaret "China" Lee American model and actress; first Asian Playboy centerfold
• Concepción Matilde "China" Zorrilla Uruguayan actress
• China Wing Kantner American actress, daughter of Grace Slick and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane
• China Brezner American model; daughter of producer Larry Brezner, ex,girlfriend of actor Shia LaBeouf
• China Moses American R&B singer; daughter of singer Dee Dee Bridgewater

China in Pop Culture

• China character in video game 'Style Boutique'
• China Sorrows character in the Skulduggery Pleasant series
• China country in Asia