Chevelle

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 147 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
147
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Chevelle by the numbers

Chevelle was given to 147 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 165 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Chevelle

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 Chevelle. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cherelledear; beloved
  • Chavelle6 in the US (2017)
  • Cherrelledear; beloved
  • Chanelle56 in the US (2017)
  • Cheyennepeople who speak an unintelligible language; a Native American people741 in the US (2017)
  • Chantellesinger; feminine form of chantel6 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Chevelle

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