Given name & surname
Chantry
“one who sings”
Chantry is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “one who sings.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “one who sings.”
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 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chantry through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 147
- 147 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 243 as a first name in 2020; 360 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chantry’s family of names
Chantry has a related form in Chantrea. Chantry has a related form in Chantree. Chantry has a related form in Chantrey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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