Given name
Chaunte
“from a stony place; a beautiful singer”
Chaunte is a variant of Chantal. One French interpretation is “from a stony place; a beautiful singer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Chaunte is a variant of Chantal. One French interpretation is “from a stony place; a beautiful singer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Chaunte is a variant of Chantal. An origin associated with Chantal is French.
Explained through its name family
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
Chaunte through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 464
- 0 boys · 464 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 37 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 7 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 431 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.
Chaunte’s family of names
Chaunte has a related form in Chantal.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
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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