Shanelle

Where Shanelle comes from

From French Chanel, after Coco Chanel and under influence from -elle.
— Wiktionary's entry for Shanelle
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1966
    First appearance
    #5,809 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Shanelle Porter born
    American sprinter
  3. 1978
    Shanelle Workman born
    American actress
  4. 1992
    Peak, #955
    201 babies named Shanelle — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1997
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,682.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name of African-American usage.
Namesakes
  • Shanelle Workman · American actress, born 1978
  • Shanelle Porter · American sprinter, born 1972
  • Shanelle Jackson · American politician, born 1980
  • Shanelle Nyasiase · Ethiopian-born South Sudanese fashion model, born 1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.