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.

Related terms

• Chantelle

Anagrams

• canthal, chalant

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

• lâchant