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Nichelle

A given name in English and French

feminineLatin script

/\ni.ʃɛl\/ · French

Origin: Not established
2 language contexts: English French
Follow the evidence: 5 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Nichelle

Nichelle is a feminine given name documented in English and French.

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

Nichelle < επώνυμο Nichols + κατάληξη γυναικείων ονομάτων -elle, με αναφορά και στο όνομα Nike (αρχαίας ελληνικής προέλευσης Νίκη). Όνομα επινοημένο περί τα μέσα της δεκαετίας του 1940 από τη μητέρα της Αφροαμερικανίδας ηθοποιού Grace Dell Nichols, γνωστής ως Nichelle Nichols.

Sources for this account (5)

Greek Wiktionary: NichelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikidata Q48978419CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: NichelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: NichelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: NichelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Nichelle is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Nichelle’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 8 girls (rank 10917). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 14 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Nichelle

Region and dataset

Latest · 2025: 8; applications; Rank #10,917
Peak year: 1968; 395 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Nichelle in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	13	3,608	observed
1962	21	2,668	observed
1963	9	4,539	observed
1964	20	2,825	observed
1965	14	3,402	observed
1966	33	2,022	observed
1967	361	500	observed
1968	395	486	observed
1969	331	540	observed
1970	205	726	observed
1971	164	836	observed
1972	112	1,038	observed
1973	114	1,028	observed
1974	107	1,089	observed
1975	117	1,026	observed
1976	87	1,273	observed
1977	102	1,199	observed
1978	124	1,069	observed
1979	94	1,323	observed
1980	135	1,053	observed
1981	90	1,368	observed
1982	123	1,138	observed
1983	112	1,169	observed
1984	132	1,059	observed
1985	152	1,002	observed
1986	118	1,194	observed
1987	139	1,093	observed
1988	121	1,230	observed
1989	155	1,085	observed
1990	157	1,110	observed
1991	169	1,071	observed
1992	181	1,030	observed
1993	132	1,284	observed
1994	136	1,259	observed
1995	116	1,410	observed
1996	92	1,656	observed
1997	97	1,624	observed
1998	63	2,244	observed
1999	53	2,640	observed
2000	57	2,593	observed
2001	66	2,379	observed
2002	39	3,461	observed
2003	47	3,131	observed
2004	39	3,689	observed
2005	40	3,646	observed
2006	34	4,265	observed
2007	31	4,675	observed
2008	35	4,360	observed
2009	35	4,269	observed
2010	23	5,771	observed
2011	17	7,118	observed
2012	17	7,144	observed
2013	18	6,729	observed
2014	14	8,053	observed
2015	19	6,452	observed
2016	16	7,230	observed
2017	16	7,092	observed
2018	13	8,146	observed
2019	13	8,138	observed
2020	11	8,953	observed
2021	9	10,292	observed
2022	15	7,281	observed
2023	6	13,462	observed
2024	9	10,271	observed
2025	8	10,917	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Nichelle” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Nichelle Nichols
1932–2022
American actress (1932–2022)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Nichelle Prince
born 1995
Canadian soccer player
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Nichelle with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q48978419CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: NichelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: NichelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: NichelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Turkish Wiktionary: NichelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Nichelle

Nichelle is a feminine given name documented in English and French.

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

Sources for this account (5)

Greek Wiktionary: NichelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikidata Q48978419CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: NichelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: NichelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: NichelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Nichelle is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Nichelle’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 8 girls (rank 10917). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 14 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Nichelle

Region and dataset

Latest · 2025: 8; applications; Rank #10,917
Peak year: 1968; 395 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Nichelle in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	13	3,608	observed
1962	21	2,668	observed
1963	9	4,539	observed
1964	20	2,825	observed
1965	14	3,402	observed
1966	33	2,022	observed
1967	361	500	observed
1968	395	486	observed
1969	331	540	observed
1970	205	726	observed
1971	164	836	observed
1972	112	1,038	observed
1973	114	1,028	observed
1974	107	1,089	observed
1975	117	1,026	observed
1976	87	1,273	observed
1977	102	1,199	observed
1978	124	1,069	observed
1979	94	1,323	observed
1980	135	1,053	observed
1981	90	1,368	observed
1982	123	1,138	observed
1983	112	1,169	observed
1984	132	1,059	observed
1985	152	1,002	observed
1986	118	1,194	observed
1987	139	1,093	observed
1988	121	1,230	observed
1989	155	1,085	observed
1990	157	1,110	observed
1991	169	1,071	observed
1992	181	1,030	observed
1993	132	1,284	observed
1994	136	1,259	observed
1995	116	1,410	observed
1996	92	1,656	observed
1997	97	1,624	observed
1998	63	2,244	observed
1999	53	2,640	observed
2000	57	2,593	observed
2001	66	2,379	observed
2002	39	3,461	observed
2003	47	3,131	observed
2004	39	3,689	observed
2005	40	3,646	observed
2006	34	4,265	observed
2007	31	4,675	observed
2008	35	4,360	observed
2009	35	4,269	observed
2010	23	5,771	observed
2011	17	7,118	observed
2012	17	7,144	observed
2013	18	6,729	observed
2014	14	8,053	observed
2015	19	6,452	observed
2016	16	7,230	observed
2017	16	7,092	observed
2018	13	8,146	observed
2019	13	8,138	observed
2020	11	8,953	observed
2021	9	10,292	observed
2022	15	7,281	observed
2023	6	13,462	observed
2024	9	10,271	observed
2025	8	10,917	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Nichelle Nichols
1932–2022
American actress (1932–2022)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Nichelle Prince
born 1995
Canadian soccer player
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q48978419CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: NichelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: NichelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: NichelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Turkish Wiktionary: NichelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Nichelle

About Nichelle

Etymology in the sources

Where Nichelle is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Prince

Michelle

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Nichelle

About Nichelle

Etymology in the sources

Where Nichelle is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Prince

Michelle

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Nichelle

Etymology in the sources

Where Nichelle is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Prince

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Michelle

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Nichelle

Etymology in the sources

Where Nichelle is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Prince

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Michelle

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page