Meaning & origin
How it developed
Chelle is a short form of Michelle.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chelle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 343
- 0 boys · 343 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 17 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 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 455 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Chelle
Characters named Chelle: Chell (player character in the Portal series).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Chelle, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Rosette
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>99% girls
Raylene
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>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