Given name
Chardonnay
“resembling the wine”
Chardonnay is used as a given name. One French interpretation is “resembling the wine.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “resembling the wine.”
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 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chardonnay through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 643
- 0 boys · 643 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 48 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 girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 48 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 525 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.
Chardonnay’s family of names
Chardonnay has a related form in Chardae. Chardonnay has a related form in Charde. Chardonnay has a related form in Charday.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Chardaivariant
- Chardaevariant
- Chardayvariant
- Chardevariant
- Chardonaevariant
- Chardonnaevariant
- Chardonayvariant
- Charrdonnaylikely variant
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