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Chantele
How to Pronounce Chantele
Pronounced shahn-TEL /ʃɑnˈtɛl/Medium
Meaning: Chantele is a variant of Chantal or Chantel, a French name from a southern place and family name meaning stony or a boulder, popularly associated by sound with the French chant, song.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
Chantele is a spelling of Chantal or Chantel, a French name from a southern place name meaning stony ground, later tied by ear to chant, song. It appeared for American girls only faintly, around 1971.
It was never common in this form, given to only about twenty girls a year at most. A girl named Chantele then would be in her mid fifties today. It reads as a period French-styled name rather than one currently in favor.
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What does the name Chantele mean?
It is a variant of Chantal or Chantel, a French place name often linked by sound to song.
How do you pronounce Chantele?
It is said shahn-TEL /ʃɑnˈtɛl/, two syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Chantele a boy or girl name?
Chantele is used as a girls name.
How popular is Chantele?
It has always been rare in this spelling, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-seventies.