Chantal
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editChantal
- A female given name from French.
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editFrench
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editChantal f
- a female given name
Usage notes
edit- Taken up as a given name in France in the 1920s. Very popular from the 1940s to the 1960s.
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