as a Last Name
- 1,784
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Chatelain
Meaning & Origins
English and French (Châtelain): status name for the governor or constable of a castle, or the warder of a prison, from Norman Old French chastelain (Latin castellanus, a derivative of castellum ‘castle’).
| 16,345th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Chatman, Chatham, Chatfield, Chatterton, Chatterjee, Chatmon, Chattin, Chatwin, Chaturvedi, Chattman
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,784
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Louisiana
- has the most people named Chatelain per capita
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