Given name

Consuela

“one who provides consolation”

Consuela is used as a given name. One Spanish interpretation is “one who provides consolation.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Spanish interpretation is “one who provides consolation.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.

How it developed

From Spanish Consuela.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Consuela through the years

Babies since 1880
2,010
0 boys · 2,010 girls
Most popular year
1972
144 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0255075100192019401960198020002025Highest share 19720.0
Consuela in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1904–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 144 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,683 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.

Consuela’s family of names

In English usage, Consuela has a related form in Consuelo. Consuela has a related form in Consolacion. Consuela has a related form in Chela.

Walk Consuela’s family in the name graph

ConsuelaKonsuelaConsueloConsuellaChelaConsolacionConswellaConsolataConsweliaConswelaConsueliaConsweleaConsol

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 10

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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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.

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Sibling ideas

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