Richelle
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Modern feminine form of Richard, derived from the first syllable of that name + -elle, feminine diminutive suffix of French origin
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹɪˈʃɛɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Richelle is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 3.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- NLNetherlands1 in 13K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 21K
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.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 370 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈35,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Modern feminine form of Richard, derived from the first syllable of that name + -elle, feminine diminutive suffix of French origin. It may also have been influenced by Rachelle and pRochelle.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Richelle 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | #656 | ≈35,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | 28K | Richelle | 106 |
| US United States | — | 7,854 | 1 in 42K | 7.8K | Richelle | 370 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 27K | 1 | Richelle | 121 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 1,286 | 1 in 13K | 1.3K | Richelle | 60 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 3 | Richelle | 128 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Richelle | 33 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Top 500 First Names in the Philippines (PSA FOI response, tracking; Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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)
Richelle 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 English, Old English; powerful ruler, brave one.
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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)
- Richelle Dassinb. 1940FRFrench lyricist
- Chely Wrightb. 1970USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer
- Richelle Meadb. 1976USAmerican writer
- Richelle Careyb. 1976USAmerican journalist
- Richelle Simpsonb. 1982CACanadian artistic gymnast
- Richelle Ryanb. 1985USAmerican pornographic actress
- Richelle Stephensb. 1996USRugby sevens player
- Richelle Plantingab. 1999NLDutch actor
- Richelle M. BakerUSprofessor of clinical pediatrics
- Richelle Bear HatCACanadian Indigenous artist
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 51 sources across 34 countries.
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- Where does the name Richelle come from?
- Modern feminine form of Richard, derived from the first syllable of that name + -elle, feminine diminutive suffix of French origin. It may also have been influenced by Rachelle and pRochelle. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What are other forms of the name Richelle?
- In the etymology graph, Rachel, Raquel and Rachael are forms of the same name in other languages; Rikki is a recorded short or pet form.
- How do you pronounce Richelle?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹɪˈʃɛɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Richelle mean?
- Recorded meaning: Modern feminine form of Richard, derived from the first syllable of that name + -elle, feminine diminutive suffix of French origin.
- Is Richelle a male or female name?
- Richelle 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 Richelle have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 35 thousand people named Richelle in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled richelle.
- How common is the name Richelle?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,854 people named Richelle in 2020, about 1 in 42 thousand residents.
- How common is Richelle compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Richelle is the 656th most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/richelleThe 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, “Richelle” — the 656th most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.