Given name
Shantel
“from a stony place; a beautiful singer”
Shantel is a variant of Shantelle. In American use, Shantelle carries the interpretation “from a stony place; a beautiful singer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shantel is a variant of Shantelle. In American use, Shantelle carries the interpretation “from a stony place; a beautiful singer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shantel connects to the Chantal name family through Shantelle. An origin associated with Chantal is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shantel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,319
- 59 boys · 10,260 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 493 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,778 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −53%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,778 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 52.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 486 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,630 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.
Shantel’s family of names
In English usage, Shantel has a conventional equivalent in the German form Chantal. Shantel has a related form in Shantelle.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Shantel
- Shantel VanSantenAmerican actress and modelborn 1985
- Shantell MartinBritish visual artistborn 1980
- Shantel KrebsAmerican politicianborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.