Christabel
About Christabel
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.
Pronounced KRIS-tuh-bel.
As of October 2026, Christabel ranked #11150 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1515 in 1901.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,288 | 34 | 19 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Christabel on lists
Famous Christabels
- 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
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"