Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Chele isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chele through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 86
- 0 boys · 86 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 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 girls is 5 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 194 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.
Chele’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Chele, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Cheryl
“one who is greatly loved; a darling”
>99% girls
Rosette
“horse” · “fame”
>99% girls
Raylene
“son of grace”
>99% girls
Shelley
“from the bank's meadow” · “from the meadow's ledge”
>99% girls
Janine
“God is gracious”
>99% girls
Michele
“who is like God?”
18% boys · 82% girls
Debbie
“bee”
>99% girls
Rochelle
“from the little rock”
>99% girls