Christel Forename
2,682nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 386,760 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany
Christel Forename Definition:
A Greek name, meaning: Clear ice: crystal.
Christel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 296,914 | 1:326 | 91 |
| Belgium | 100% | 20,421 | 1:563 | 130 |
| France | 98% | 14,225 | 1:4,673 | 429 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 11,734 | 1:1,440 | 299 |
| DR Congo | 92% | 9,614 | 1:7,679 | 845 |
| United States | 100% | 7,910 | 1:45,833 | 2,649 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3,554 | 1:2,774 | 384 |
| Cameroon | 83% | 2,748 | 1:7,864 | 1,037 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,666 | 1:20,455 | 2,820 |
| Denmark | - | 2,278 | 1:2,480 | 391 |
| Philippines | 95% | 1,804 | 1:58,764 | 4,041 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,491 | 1:5,509 | 736 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,444 | 1:5,896 | 492 |
| Congo | 86% | 788 | 1:6,357 | 884 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 743 | 1:7,574 | 901 |
| Canada | 100% | 731 | 1:45,326 | 3,086 |
| Norway | 100% | 721 | 1:7,118 | 732 |
| England | 100% | 678 | 1:82,010 | 3,296 |
| Gabon | - | 601 | 1:3,134 | 706 |
| Finland | 100% | 579 | 1:9,470 | 786 |
| Haiti | 100% | 320 | 1:33,522 | 2,463 |
| Morocco | - | 246 | 1:139,629 | 4,172 |
| Egypt | 100% | 239 | 1:384,523 | 11,247 |
| Suriname | 100% | 230 | 1:2,404 | 565 |
| Mexico | 99% | 229 | 1:542,115 | 5,892 |
| Ivory Coast | 87% | 228 | 1:101,210 | 6,191 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Spain | 100% | 225 | 1:206,800 | 4,142 |
| Benin | 100% | 213 | 1:49,652 | 3,903 |
| Chile | 98% | 210 | 1:83,844 | 2,326 |
| Ecuador | - | 162 | 1:109,425 | 2,555 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 161 | 1:64,790 | 3,973 |
| New Caledonia | - | 148 | 1:1,825 | 376 |
| Brazil | 100% | 139 | 1:1,541,267 | 35,349 |
| Australia | - | 138 | 1:98,968 | 3,577 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 133 | 1:4,241 | 499 |
| Namibia | - | 109 | 1:22,057 | 1,940 |
| French Polynesia | - | 108 | 1:2,573 | 542 |
| Italy | 100% | 101 | 1:604,575 | 6,091 |
| New Zealand | - | 87 | 1:52,138 | 2,788 |
| Thailand | 100% | 77 | 1:909,946 | 34,541 |
| Peru | 100% | 74 | 1:429,614 | 8,127 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 70 | 1:230,120 | 3,216 |
| Estonia | 100% | 66 | 1:19,930 | 1,700 |
| Portugal | - | 65 | 1:160,167 | 3,695 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 57 | 1:322,447 | 12,533 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 51 | 1:93,489 | 3,091 |
| Scotland | 100% | 49 | 1:109,191 | 2,512 |
| Qatar | 100% | 46 | 1:51,513 | 6,571 |
| Guyana | 100% | 44 | 1:17,347 | 2,240 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 43 | 1:880 | 195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 42 | 1:194,103 | 16,615 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 41 | 1:176,507 | 3,100 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 39 | 1:2,376 | 540 |
| Grenada | 100% | 37 | 1:2,922 | 563 |
| Panama | 100% | 35 | 1:111,616 | 5,306 |
| Nicaragua | 90% | 32 | 1:188,073 | 4,946 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 31 | 1:43,917 | 4,089 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 30 | 1:1,006,730 | 21,651 |
| Madagascar | - | 25 | 1:945,176 | 2,170 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 25 | 1:7,113 | 1,099 |
| Wales | 100% | 25 | 1:123,772 | 2,766 |
| Indonesia | - | 24 | 1:10,748,486 | 334,727 |
| Malaysia | 81% | 23 | 1:1,323,910 | 43,168 |
| Singapore | - | 19 | 1:330,898 | 9,778 |
| Iceland | 50% | 18 | 1:20,334 | 1,387 |
| India | 100% | 17 | 1:71,463,410 | 1,089,744 |
| Tanzania | 86% | 17 | 1:3,105,195 | 23,654 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 16 | 1:447,000 | 16,807 |
| Ireland | 100% | 15 | 1:309,568 | 4,642 |
| Honduras | 100% | 14 | 1:629,819 | 8,609 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 14 | 1:41,497 | 2,683 |
| Turkey | 100% | 14 | 1:5,557,265 | 23,905 |
| China | - | 13 | 1:105,081,214 | 64,899 |
| Czechia | 100% | 13 | 1:819,705 | 3,136 |
| Jamaica | - | 12 | 1:240,269 | 7,382 |
| Kenya | - | 12 | 1:3,858,926 | 23,691 |
| Nigeria | 95% | 11 | 1:16,142,215 | 154,549 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Monaco | 100% | 10 | 1:3,847 | 675 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57% | 10 | 1:11,158 | 1,580 |
| Burundi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Greece | 100% | 9 | 1:1,214,950 | 9,925 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Albania | 100% | 8 | 1:380,821 | 15,237 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Zimbabwe | 75% | 8 | 1:1,927,977 | 54,057 |
| Hungary | 100% | 6 | 1:1,631,962 | 4,089 |
| Senegal | 67% | 6 | 1:2,430,226 | 14,702 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 5 | 1:368,629 | 2,296 |
| Argentina | 100% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Israel | - | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Liberia | 100% | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Zambia | - | 4 | 1:3,963,698 | 31,018 |
| Belize | 100% | 3 | 1:118,103 | 5,590 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Croatia | - | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:16,376 | 1,521 |
| Jersey | 100% | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Taiwan | - | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Russia | - | 2 | 1:72,116,852 | 125,484 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Christél (150), Christèl (5) & Chrístel (1) are calculated separately.
Christel (2,885) may also be a surname.
Christel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Greek name, meaning: Clear ice: crystal.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 1,549 (2014)
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