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Shantele
How to Pronounce Shantele
Pronounced shahn-TEL /ʃɑːnˈtɛl/Medium
Meaning: Shantele is a phonetic respelling of Chantel or Chantelle, a French name that comes from a southern place name Cantal, understood as a 'stony' or 'boulder' spot, and later reinforced by the French chanter, 'to sing.'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
Shantele is a late-twentieth-century sh-spelling of Chantel or Chantelle, popular in the era's taste for Shan- names. The French parent derives from the place name Cantal and is often linked in feeling to chanter, 'to sing.'
It stayed a rare variant, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around 1989. A girl named Shantele then is in her mid-thirties today, with a soft, French-flavored name in a phonetic dress.
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What does the name Shantele mean?
It is a respelling of Chantel or Chantelle, a French name from a place name meaning 'stony spot.'
How do you pronounce Shantele?
It is said shahn-TEL /ʃɑːnˈtɛl/, two syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Shantele a boy or girl name?
Shantele is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Shantele?
It has always been rare in the United States as a spelling, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the late nineteen-eighties.