Chosyn is a modern American respelling of the word chosen and means "chosen one", a statement of faith and promise in the same spirit as Legend, Loyal and Messiah. The -yn spelling follows current fashion for names like Jaxyn and Kaysyn. In the United States Chosyn had fewer than five births in 2000, ranked number 10980 as recently as 2016 and has shot up to number 1995 in 2025, its best rank so far.