Given name
Nichelle
“a victorious young woman”
Nichelle is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “a victorious young woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a victorious young woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nichelle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,548
- 5 boys · 5,543 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 395 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,639 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,639 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 31.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 395 in 1968. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,498 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.
Nichelle’s family of names
Nichelle has a related form in Nichele. Nichelle has a related form in Nychelle. In English usage, Nichelle has a related form in Nishelle.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Nishellevariant · English
- Nychellevariant
- Nichelevariant
- Nischellevariant · English
- Nyshelevariant
- Nyshellevariant
- Nychelevariant
- Nishelevariant
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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.
People named Nichelle
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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