Given name
Charnelle
“one who sparkles”
Charnelle is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “one who sparkles.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who sparkles.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Charnelle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 471
- 0 boys · 471 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 71 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 6 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 71 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 435 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.
Charnelle’s family of names
Charnelle has a related form in Charnele. Charnelle has a related form in Charnel. Charnelle has a related form in Chamella.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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