Girl · Old English place name
Chelsea
Say it: CHEL-see
Meaning
From the London district of Chelsea, Old English cealc-hȳð 'chalk landing place'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A place name that became a popular girls' name in the 1980s and 1990s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1990s
In the United States
- 161,346 babies given this name since 1910
- At its height in 1992, about 1 in 114 girls
- 444 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Chelsey, Chelsie
Famous bearers
- Chelsea Clinton, daughter of US President Clinton
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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