Rochelle

Where Rochelle comes from

Habitational or topographic name from places in France, La Rochelle, from Old French rochelle diminutive form of roche (“rock”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Rochelle
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1900
    First appearance
    #1,723 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1916
    Rochelle Hudson born
    American actress
  3. 1969
    Peak, #236
    1,271 babies named Rochelle — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1976
    Rochelle Aytes born
    American actress
  5. 1991
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #409.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the place name, of 20th century usage.
Namesakes
  • Rochelle Aytes · American actress, born 1976
  • Rochelle Hudson · American actress, 1916–1972
  • Rochelle Stevens · American athlete, born 1966
  • Rochelle Gilmore · Australian racing cyclist, born 1981
  • Rochelle P. Walensky · American medical scientist, born 1969

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.