Comments for the name Che

Being from Argentina, I have never heard this used as a name. People just use 'Che' as a formal kind of "Hey you". The only way I can think to compare this is to say that it is kind of used like "Dude" in the States.

In Mexico Che is short for "pinche" which is equivalente to the "f" word in English.

Wasn't this the name of the narrator in the movie Evita?

Che & Cheo are Spanish nicknames for Jose in many parts of the world.

The word CHE is a suffix from the Mapudungun language, this native language is still spoken in Southern Latin America including Argentina and Chile. The suffix 'che' means 'people'. For example 'curiche' meaning dark people (curi: black+che: people), 'mapuche' (mapu: earth, field+che: people) referring to those who belong to this native group. In Argentina, the term CHE was taken from Mapudungun and it is still used as a vocative only, but never as a name. -Spadilla, MA Linguist

A silly little name for idiots who worship Che Guevara.

Che is not a name, it's an expression. Che Guevara was insane, so why name your kid after him?

This is NOT a name. AT ALL. I'm a native Spanish speaker.

The only reason Ernesto "el Che" Guevara was nicknamed "el Che" is because he was Argentinian (the reasoning for this comes rom the fact that "Che" is a common Argentinian mannerism/linguistic filler so it was a way to set him part).

Please DO NOT even consider naming your kid Che! It's not a name. Plus, Che Guevara is a terrible namesake. He was quite arrogant, and he was extremely racist against blacks and Mexicans. Still think he's a good namesake?

This name is not used at all in Spain.

Che can be used as a (part) diminutive of José. For example, a common nickname for José María or José Manuel is Chema.

Please, don't! Che Guevara was a jerk, and definitely not someone you'd want to name your kid after.