Eschelle
given name · Latin script
Meaning: deriv. of scandere to climb)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Eschelle is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- PLPoland
- ZASouth Africa
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
deriv. of scandere to climb). This was probably a topo¬ graphic name for a dweller by a terraced slope or in a house with an exterior staircase or ladder; perhaps also a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of lad¬ ders or a nickname for the unique possessor of one in a small village. Ermin see Armin Vars.: Echelle; Deschelle, Echal(l)ier, Echal(l)ie.
Sources 1
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Eschelle is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In frm, ladder
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 3 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1964 | 5 | — |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 1 | #593 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Eschelle mean, and where does it come from?
- deriv. of scandere to climb). Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
- Is Eschelle a male or female name?
- Eschelle 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.
- In which country does Eschelle have the most bearers?
- Eschelle is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Eschelle”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.