>
Across the world, Chevalier (Chevalier
, Шевалье
, Chevaler
) is quite a rare principally male, but scarcely feminine first name. The forename Chevalier is habitual in Cameroon, where it is a rare boy's name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Algeria. Much more prevalently, Chevalier is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Chevalier | Belgium, Canada, Dominican Republic, France, United States |
| Шевалье | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| Chevaler | United States, France |
Chevalier is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Chevalier de Valois , the Honoré de Balzac character, La Comédie humaine; Chevalier d'Espard , the Honoré de Balzac character, La Comédie humaine; Chevalier de la Force , the operatic character in the opera Dialogues of the Carmelites by Francis Poulenc; Marquis' son; Chevalier Stello di Nici , the operatic character in the opera La magicienne by Fromental Halévy; a sorcerer and Chevalier des Grieux , the operatic character in the opera Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini; a student, and in many other works.