# Christabel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/christabel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “christ”, “beauty” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Christabella, Christabelle, Christobel |
| US babies named this | 795 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 795 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 454, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Cristabell, Cristabelle, from Crist (“Christ”) + -bel (“beauty”) (see Belle).

## What it means

Christabel is grouped under beauty.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 6,391 |
| 2012 | 21 | 6,161 |
| 2013 | 28 | 4,927 |
| 2014 | 34 | 4,288 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,161 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,169 |
| 2017 | 26 | 5,081 |
| 2018 | 15 | 7,476 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,437 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,071 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,338 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,721 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,330 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,563 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,150 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,809 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,278 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,568 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,605 |

## People named Christabel

- Christabel Cockerell, British painter (1863-1951)
- Christabel Nettey, Canadian long jumper
- Christabel Marshall, English suffragist, playwright, journalist
- Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, British aristocrat (1900–2004); wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.