Name meaning & stats
Christel
Christel means “crystal, ice” (English origin). 3,573 US babies since 1940, peak 1978.
What it means
“crystal, ice”
EnglishSpelling of Chrystal
In US birth records
Peak year: 1978
3,573 US babies were named Christel between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Christel (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 9 Chrystals spell it Christel
- Chrystal 49%
- Christal 31%
- Christel 12%
- Christelle 3%
- Christle 2%
- Christell 1%
- Chrystle 1%
- Christol 1%
- Christyl <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1978)