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Chantee
How to Pronounce Chantee
Pronounced shahn-TAY /ʃɑːnˈteɪ/Medium
Meaning: Chantee is a spoken-as-written name in the Chantel, Shante and Chante group, drawn from the French chanter, meaning to sing, or the word chante, sung. The -ee spelling captures the rising shahn-TAY sound and gives it a bright, musical feel.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Chantee belongs to the Chantel and Shante family of names rooted in the French chanter, meaning to sing. The -ee ending writes the rising shahn-TAY sound plainly and gives the name a lyrical lift. Such French-derived, phonetically spelled names were popular in African American naming through the later twentieth century, and Chantee appears in United States birth records with a small high around the late nineteen-eighties.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak, so a Chantee from then would be in her thirties today. The tidier Chantel and Shante remain more familiar, but Chantee keeps the same singing sense.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Chantee mean?
It is a phonetic form in the Chantel and Shante family, from the French chanter meaning to sing.
How do you pronounce Chantee?
It's said shahn-TAY /ʃɑːnˈteɪ/, two syllables stressed on the second.
Is Chantee a boy or girl name?
Chantee is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Chantee?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its late-nineteen-eighties peak.