Chantal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Chantal in the 1960s, from the surname of a French saint Jeanne de Chantal, actually a Baroness of Chantal, a place name in France from Old Occitan cantal (“stone, moellon, rubblestone”).

Proper noun

Chantal

  1. A female given name from French.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.tal/
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Proper noun

Chantal f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes
  • Taken up as a given name in France in the 1920s. Very popular from the 1940s to the 1960s.

Anagrams
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