as a First Name
(French) name also used in the English-speaking world. It was originally bestowed as a given name in honour of St Jeanne-Françoise Frémiot (1572–1641), a woman of great piety who in 1592 married the Baron de Chantal (whose title denoted a place in Saône-et-Loire). After her husband's death she adopted a strict religious life under the instruction of St Francis of Sales, and in 1610 founded an order of nuns, the Visitandines, devoted at first to charitable works, later (after official intervention by the clergy) to teaching and devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
| 2,162nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Chantel, Chantelle, Chantell, Chantale, Chantele, Chantil, Chantalle, Chantilly, Chanthala, Chantella
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 9,370
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Chantal per capita
- 1990
- marked the height of its popularity
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18%
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48%
13-29
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33%
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Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
