Shantel

Shantel: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “stone, rocky place”
Origin: French
Say it: shan-TEL · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Variant spelling of Chantal, from a French place name meaning ‘stony’ or ‘rocky place’. This spelling is especially associated with modern English-language usage.

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How popular is Shantel?

20242.4 per million US babies

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.

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Babies named Shantel in 20248

Peak year1990

Total US babies since 188010,311

Shantel is fading: recent use is about 36% of its level ten years before.

Names like Shantel

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Chantalstony place · French
Shantestone · French
Charlottefree man · French
Eleanormeaning uncertain · French
Eloisehealthy; wide · French
Claireclear, bright · French
Nataliebirthday of the Lord · French
Madelineof Magdala · French

Shantel questions

What does the name Shantel mean?

Shantel means "stone, rocky place". It comes from French. Variant spelling of Chantal, from a French place name meaning ‘stony’ or ‘rocky place’. This spelling is especially associated with modern English-language usage.

Is Shantel a boy or girl name?

Shantel is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Shantel?

8 US babies were named Shantel in 2024. Its peak year was 1990.

How do you pronounce Shantel?

Shantel is usually pronounced shan-TEL.

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.