Channel
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Channel by the numbers
Channel was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 85 babies in 1991, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Channel
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Channel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Chantelsong; a form of Chantal27 in the US (2017)
- Chanel390 in the US (2017)
- Chantalfrom a stony place; stone24 in the US (2017)
- Chaneyoak grove dweller; occupational surname22 in the US (2017)
- Channahgrace or favor; variant of Hannah12 in the US (2017)
- Chaniegracious, merciful; a form of Hannah6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Channel
Names that are said the same way as Channel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Channel
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