Chantal (, , ) is a feminine given name of

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origin. The name Chantal can be traced back to the

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word , meaning "

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". It came into popular use as a given name in honor of the

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, Jeanne de Chantal. It may also be spelled

Chantel Chantel is a French given name. It is a variant of Chantal. People * Azaria Chantel Chamberlain (1980–1980), Australian 2-month old baby girl who was killed by a dingo near Uluru * Chantel Dubay, model * Chantel Emonson (born 1993), Australian ...

, Chantalle, Chantelle, Shantal, Shantel, Chanté, Shantelle, or Shontelle usually in the USA.

Chantal

Chantal Akerman Chantal Anne Akerman (; 6 June 19505 October 2015) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and film professor at the City College of New York. Akerman is best known for her films (1974), (1975), and '' News from Home'' (1976). The ...

(1950–2015), Belgian filmmaker *

Chantal Andere Jacqueline Chantal Fernández Andere (, born January 25, 1972) is a Mexican actress and singer, best known for her portrayal of antagonistic roles in multiple telenovelas. Early life and career Andere was born to Mexican actress Jacqueline ...

(born 1972), Mexican actress *

Chantal Botts Chantal Botts (born 30 March 1976) is a South African badminton player. Botts was the gold medallist in the women's doubles event at the 2003 and 2007 All-Africa Games. She represented South Africa at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games partnered wit ...

(born 1976), South African badminton player * Chantal Chamandy, Canadian singer * Chantal Chawaf (born 1943), French writer *

Chantal Coché Chantal Coché (1826–1891) was a Belgian industrialist who ran the royal porcelain factory from 1869 to 1891.Béatrice Craig, Women and Business since 1500: Invisible Presences in Europe and North America?' She was the daughter of Jean-Jacque ...

(1826–1891), Belgian industrialist *

Chantal Claret Chantal Claret Euringer (born February 21, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known as the lead singer for the rock and power pop band Morningwood. Early life Claret was born in Berkeley, California, on February 21, 1982, the ...

(born 1982), American singer * Chantal Da Silva, Canadian journalist residing in the United Kingdom * Chantal Demming (born 1978), Dutch actress *

Chantal Galladé Chantal Juliane Galladé (born 17 December 1972) is a Swiss politician who currently serves on the Cantonal Council of Zürich for the Green Liberal Party. She previously served on the National Council (Switzerland) from 2003 to 2018 for the Soc ...

(born 1972), Swiss politician *

Chantal Garrigues Chantal Garrigues (14 November 1944 – 29 June 2018) was a French actress. Over the course of her career, she appeared in a dozen films. She was also a stage and television actress, and she played Gisèle Favrot in '' Soda''. Early life Garrigue ...

(1944–2018), French actress *

Chantal Goya Chantal de Guerre (; born 10 June 1942), known as Chantal Goya (), is a French singer and actress. Goya started her career as a ''yé-yé'' singer, singing a mid-1960s hybrid of girl-group pop and French ''chanson''. She also enjoyed a career ...

(born 1942), French singer and actress * Chantal Grevers (born 1961), Dutch cricketer *

Chantal Groot Chantal Groot (born 19 October 1982) is a butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who has represented her country in many international championships since 1999. Groot's best distance is the 50 m butterfly in which she won five ...

(born 1982), Dutch swimmer *

Chantal Joffe Chantal Joffe (born 5 October 1969) is an American-born English artist based in London.Royal Academy of ArtsChantal Joffe RA Elect , Artist , Royal Academy of Arts accessdate: 29/08/2014 Her often large-scale paintings generally depict women ...

(born 1969), English painter *

Chantal Kreviazuk Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk ( ; born May 18, 1974) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, composer, and pianist. Born in Winnipeg, she played music from a young age before signing with Columbia Records in the 1990s. Her debut studio album, ''Under The ...

(born 1974), Canadian singer-songwriter *

Chantal Lemercier-Quelquejay Jeanne Chantal Marie-Louise Lemercier-Quelquejay (28 June 1926 –13 June 2018) was a French writer and historian, whose work often focused on Islam in the Soviet Union. Biography Lemercier-Quelquejay was born in Yvetot, Seine-Maritime. Lemerci ...

(1926-2018), French historian *

Chantal Mauduit Chantal Mauduit (24 March 1964 – 13 May 1998) was a French alpinist. Biography Born in Paris, Mauduit arrived in the French Alps at age five and started climbing at the age of 15. After several difficult routes in the Alps, she focused her ...

(1964–1998), French alpine skier *

Chantal Mbakeshimama Chantal Mbakeshimama is a Rwandan politician, currently a member of the Chamber of Deputies in the Parliament of Rwanda The Parliament of Rwanda ( French: ''Parlement du Rwanda''; Kinyarwanda: ''Inteko Ishinga Amategeko y’u Rwanda'') has co ...

, Rwandan politician *

Chantal Michel Chantal Michel (born 1968) is a Swiss contemporary video, photo, and performance artist. Her photographic series have featured her body as a sculptural subject, where she uses costumes, gestures, and mimicry to blend into the surroundings in both ...

(born 1968), Swiss artist *

Chantal Mouffe Chantal Mouffe (; born 17 June 1943) is a Belgian political theorist, formerly teaching at University of Westminster. She is best known for her and Ernesto Laclau's contribution to the development of the so-called Essex School of discourse ana ...

(born 1943), Belgian political theorist *

Chantal Nijkerken-de Haan Chantal Nijkerken-de Haan (born 18 September 1973) is a Dutch politician, she has been a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy since 31 March 2015, when she replaced Klaas Dijk ...

(born 1973), Dutch politician *

Chantal Quesnel Chantal Quesnel (sometimes credited as Chantal Quesnelle, born 1971) is a Canadian actress. She was a voice actress for the TV animated series '' Zeroman'', shown in Canada on Teletoon. She also appeared in Don Mancini's film '' Curse of Chucky''. ...

, Canadian actress *Chantal Passamonte (born 1970), South African electronic musician, better known as

Mira Calix Chantal Francesca Passamonte (28 October 1969 – 25 March 2022), known professionally as Mira Calix ( ), was a South African-born British-based audio and visual artist and musician signed to Warp Records. She also worked as Warp's press office ...

Chantal Réga Chantal Réga (born August 7, 1955, in Nîmes) is a retired track and field sprinter and hurdler from France, best known for winning the bronze medal in the women's 400 m hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. Th ...

(born 1955), French sprinter *

Chantal Renaud Chantal Renaud (born 26 August 1946) is a Canadian script writer, and a past yé-yé singer and actress. She was the wife of former Quebec Premier and Parti Québécois leader Bernard Landry. Renaud began her career as a yé-yé singer, with a ...

(born 1946), Canadian script writer * Chantal Rossi, Canadian politician * Chantal Serre (1950–2015), French footballer * Chantal Singer, Canadian waterskier * Chantal Spitz (born 1954), French Polynesian author *

Chantal Strand Chantal Strand (born October 15, 1987) is a Canadian voice and stage actress as well as former stunt performer known for her vocal roles in animation, anime and video games. Her vocal role credits include those for younger girl characters in t ...

(born 1987), Canadian voice actress *

Chantal Strasser Chantal Strasser (born 21 March 1978 in Zürich) is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Switzerland. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the Li ...

(born 1978), Swiss freestyle swimmer * Chantal Sutherland (born 1976), Canadian model, television personality, and jockey *

Chantal Ughi Chantal Ughi (born December 17, 1981) is an Italian and American female kickboxer, Actor, actress and multiple Muay Thai champion. Ughi started training Muay Thai in New York aged 20, and in January 2008 left her acting career in the United Stat ...

(born 1981), Italian female kick boxer, actress, and multiple Muay Thai champion * Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece (born 1968), the wife of Pavlos, a crowned prince of Greece * Chantal Videla (born 2002), Filipino-Argentine actress, model, and singer of K-pop girl group Lapillus * Chantal Vantomme, fictional character in two Belgian TV series ''Eigen Kweek'' (2013, 2016, 2019) and ''

Chantal Chantal (, , ) is a feminine given name of French origin. The name Chantal can be traced back to the Old Occitan word , meaning "stone". It came into popular use as a given name in honor of the Catholic saint, Jeanne de Chantal. It may also be s ...

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Chantel

Chantelle

Chantalle

Chantalle Ng Chantalle Ng (born 17 June 1995) is a Singaporean actress. Early life and education Ng is the daughter of Mediacorp artiste Lin Meijiao and former actor Huang Yiliang. The couple divorced in 1997 when Ng was only a few months old. Ng studied ...

(born 1995), Singaporean actress * Chantalle Zijderveld (born 2000), Dutch swimmer

Shantal

* Shantal Munro-Knight, Barbadian politician * Beatriz Shantal, Mexican actress, singer, and model *

Ran Shantal Ran Shantal (also "Shental" or "Chantal"; ; born May 25, 1971) is an Israeli Olympic competitive sailor. Early life Shantal was born in Jaffa, Israel, and is Jewish. His brother is Olympic competitive sailor Nir Shental. Sailing career His clu ...

(born 1971), Israeli Olympic competitive sailor

Shantel

*Stefan Hantel, stage name

Shantel Stefan Hantel, better known by his stage name Shantel (born 2 March 1968), is a German DJ and producer based in Frankfurt. He is known for his work with Romani brass orchestras, DJing and remixing traditional Balkan music with electronic bea ...

(born 1968), German DJ and producer * Shantel Jordan, U.S. figure skater *

Shantel Krebs Shantel Swedlund Krebs (born April 28, 1973) is an American businesswoman and former South Dakota Secretary of State. She previously served in the South Dakota House of Representatives and South Dakota Senate. Shantel Krebs is currently CEO and ...

(born 1973), American businesswoman and former South Dakota Secretary of State *Shantel Rivard, the first coach for the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux women's hockey team *

Shantel VanSanten Shantel VanSanten (born July 25, 1985) is an American actress and model. As a model, she has been featured in the magazines ''Teen Vogue'' and '' Seventeen''. On television, she played Quinn James in the CW teen drama series '' One Tree Hill''; ...

(born 1985), American actress and model

Shantelle

*Shantelle Larissa Malawski (born 1986), Canadian professional wrestler with the ring name

Taylor Wilde Shantelle Larissa Malawski (born January 26, 1986) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with TNA Wrestling, where she performed under the ring name Taylor Wilde. Malawski was under a World Wrestling Enter ...

Shontelle

*Shontelle Layne (born 1985), Barbadian singer better known mononymously as

Shontelle Shontelle Delia Layne (born 4 October 1985), known mononymously as Shontelle, is a Barbadian singer and songwriter. She released her debut album '' Shontelligence'' in 2008. Her second album, '' No Gravity'', was released in 2010. Her singles " ...

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