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Chantae
How to Pronounce Chantae
Pronounced shahn-TAY /ʃɑːnˈteɪ/Medium
Meaning: Chantae is a spelling of Chanté, from the French chanter, 'to sing' — chanté, 'sung' — a melodic name popular in the later twentieth century.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Chantae is a spelling variant of Chanté, from the French chanter, 'to sing', its past participle chanté meaning 'sung'. The '-ae' ending is a stylistic touch on the melodic base.
It belongs to the later twentieth century and stayed rare, only a few dozen girls a year around its 1989 high, among the Chante/Shantae spellings of the era. It reads as a lyrical, of-its-era name.
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What does the name Chantae mean?
Chantae is a variant of Chanté, from French for 'sung' or 'song'.
How do you pronounce Chantae?
It's said shahn-TAY /ʃɑːnˈteɪ/ — two syllables, stress on the second.
Is Chantae a boy or girl name?
Chantae is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Chantae?
Chantae is a rare later-twentieth-century variant of Chanté.