Christabel

Latin and French

"fair Christian"

Christabel Origin and Meaning

The name Christabel is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "fair Christian".

Though Isabel is a smash hit, Christabel still hasn't been fully embraced. It was originally popularized in England via the Coleridge poem Christabel ("whom her father loves so well") and was given to the poet's granddaughter. Christabel Pankhurst was a famous U.K. suffragist.

Popularity of the name Christabel

• 1938 Nameberry 2024

20 Names Similar to Christabel

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• Cécile
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Famous People Named Christabel

• Christabel Pankhurst English suffragist
• Christabel Bielenberg English,German writer and Nazi resistor
• Christabel Marshall English suffragist
• Christabel Rose Coleridge English novelist and granddaughter of Samuel Coleridge
• Christabel Cockerell English painter
• Christabel Burniston founder of the English Speaking Board
• Christabel Gertrude Marshall English suffragist and playwright
• Princess Alice Christabel (née Montagu Douglas Scott) Duchess of Gloucester
• Princess Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel the Hon. Lady Ogilvie

The name Christabel in Pop Culture

• "Christabel " 1816 poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• Christabel LaMotte character in A.S. Byatt's novel "Possession"
• Cristabell character in the 14th,century romance "Sir Eglamour of Artois"