Chevelle

Chevelle: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“modern coinage, possibly influenced by Chevrolet”
Origin
American (modern coinage)
Say it
shuh-VEL · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (94% of all uses)

Chevelle is best known from the Chevrolet Chevelle car name and later use as a given name. Its exact naming inspiration as a personal name is uncertain. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

How popular is Chevelle?

202437.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Chevelle in 2024123

2024 rank#1,754 girls

Peak year2019

Total US babies since 18803,943

Chevelle has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Chevelle

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Samanthauncertain; probably feminine form of Samuel · American (modern coinage)
  • Raelynnmodern blend of Rae and Lynn · American (modern coinage)
  • Nevaehheaven spelled backward · American (modern coinage)
  • Ellianamodern blend of Ellie and Ana · American (modern coinage)
  • Wrenleymodern blend using Wren and -ley · American (modern coinage)
  • Oaklynnmodern blend of Oak and Lynn · American (modern coinage)
  • Adalynnmodern blend of Ada and Lynn · American (modern coinage)
  • Kayleemodern blend of Kay and Lee · American (modern coinage)

Chevelle questions

What does the name Chevelle mean?

Chevelle means "modern coinage, possibly influenced by Chevrolet". It comes from American (modern coinage). Chevelle is best known from the Chevrolet Chevelle car name and later use as a given name. Its exact naming inspiration as a personal name is uncertain.

Is Chevelle a boy or girl name?

Chevelle is mainly a girl's name in US records (94% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Chevelle?

123 US babies were named Chevelle in 2024. Its peak year was 2019.

How do you pronounce Chevelle?

Chevelle is usually pronounced shuh-VEL.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.