Given name & surname
Cheval
“a knight or horseman”
Cheval is a variant of Chevalier. One French interpretation is “a knight or horseman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cheval is a variant of Chevalier. One French interpretation is “a knight or horseman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cheval is a variant of Chevalier. An origin associated with Chevalier is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cheval through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 6 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 boys is 6 in 1969. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 148 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cheval’s family of names
Cheval has a related form in Chevalier.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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