Shantell

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Shantell by the numbers

Its American peak was 196 babies in 1987, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Shantell

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

Sounds like Shantell

Names that are said the same way as Shantell, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Chantelsong; a form of Chantal27 in the US (2017)
  • Chantalfrom a stony place; stone24 in the US (2017)
  • Chantellesinger; feminine form of chantel6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Chantellsung; a form of Chantal

Names about as common as Shantell

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