Christelle
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Diminutif de Christ/Christine, du grec Christophoros ou du latin Christianus; forme française
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Christelle is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country, where it is the 71st most common given name.
- CMCameroon≈1 in 265(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 430
- BEBelgium≈1 in 918
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 385 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 265 (inferred from the name graph)
≈160,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Cameroon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Diminutif de Christ/Christine, du grec Christophoros ou du latin Christianus; forme française.
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Christelle counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #71 | ≈160,000 est. | ≈1 in 430 | 156K | Christelle | 385 |
| CM Cameroon | #3 | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 265 | — | Christelle | 37 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #41 | ≈45,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | 5 | Christelle | 23 |
| BE Belgium | #84 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 918 | 5 | Christelle | 108 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈7,400 est. | ≈1 in 7.7K | — | Christelle | 65 |
| CH Switzerland | #939 | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | 3 | Christelle | 77 |
| US United States | — | 2,138 | 1 in 156K | 2.1K | Christelle | 261 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Christelle is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Féminin/diminutif de Christian, du grec christianos.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Diminutif de Christine, du grec Khristos « oint, Christ ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
French: altered form of CHRISTINE , derived by replacement of the seemingly feminine diminutive suffix - ine with the suffix - elle of similar function. The name is now also used in the English-speaking world, where its popularity has been enhanced by that of the similar-sounding CRYSTAL .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Colonel Moutardeb. 1968FRnot in their usual nameFrench comics artist
- Océaneb. 1973FRnot in their usual nameFrench pornographic actress
- Christelle Daunayb. 1974FRFrench long distance runner who specialises in road running
- Christelle Reboulb. 1974FRFrench actress
- Christelle Morançaisb. 1975FRFrench politician
- Christelle Ciarib. 1976JPJapanese voice actress
- Christelle Cornilb. 1977BEBelgian actress
- Christelle Dabosb. 1980FRnovelist
- Ruth Gbagbib. 1994CInot in their usual nameIvorian taekwondo practitioner
- Christelle Conanfilm producer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 66 sources across 42 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 156K | #2,549 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.1K | #7,209 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 12 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 8 | #7,209 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2012 | 5 | #1,484 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 5 | #112 |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Christelle mean?
- Recorded meaning: Diminutif de Christ/Christine, du grec Christophoros ou du latin Christianus; forme française.
- Is Christelle a male or female name?
- Christelle is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Christelle?
- In the etymology graph, Christine, Chris and Cristina are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Christelle have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 158 thousand people named Christelle in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled christelle.
- How common is the name Christelle?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,138 people named Christelle in 2020, about 1 in 156 thousand residents.
- How common is Christelle compared with other names?
- In France, Christelle is the 71st most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/christelleThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Christelle” — the 71st most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.