Given name & surname
Chantal
“from a stony place; a beautiful singer”
Chantal is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “from a stony place; a beautiful singer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “from a stony place; a beautiful singer.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chantal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,476
- 7 boys · 8,469 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 428 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #6,167 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,167 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 428 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,546 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chantal’s family of names
In English usage, Chantal has a related form in Chantel. In German usage, Chantal has a conventional equivalent in the English form Chantel. Chantal has a related form in Chantel.
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Around the world
Chantal has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
17 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ShantalEnglish
- ShantelEnglish
- Shantellerelated form · English
- ShantellEnglish
- ShantalleEnglish
- ChantallEnglish
- ChandalEnglish
- Xantalequivalent
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People named Chantal
- Chantal AkermanBelgian film director, screenwriter, and educator (1950–2015)
- Chantal MouffeBelgian post-marxist political theorist (born 1943)
- Chantal JanzenDutch actress and television presenterborn 1979
- Chantal LaubyFrench actress, comedian, film director and screenwriterborn 1948
- Chantal GoyaFrench actress and singerborn 1942
- Chantal KreviazukCanadian pop singerborn 1974
- Chantal van den Broek-BlaakDutch cyclistborn 1989
- Chantal BiyaFirst Lady of Cameroon and a philanthropistborn 1970
- Chantal Chaudé de SilansFrench chess player (1919–2001)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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