Nichelle

Where Nichelle comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Nichelle.

  • Vowel-ended
Nichelle through the years
  1. 1932
    Nichelle Nichols born
    American actress
  2. 1961
    First appearance
    #3,608 among girls with 13 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1968
    Peak, #486
    395 babies named Nichelle, the most in any year.
  4. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #836.
  5. 1995
    Nichelle Prince born
    Canadian soccer player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Nichelle Nichols · American actress, 1932–2022
  • Nichelle Prince · Canadian soccer player, born 1995

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.