Christabel - Name Meaning and Origin

The girl's name Christabel \ch-rista-bel, chr(is)-tabel\ is pronounced KRIS-ta-bell. It is of Latin and French origin, and its meaning is "beautiful Christian". Medieval coinage. Use has been primarily literary, as in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem of the same name, in which the heroine is an example of innocent purity. The name was borne by the pioneer suffragette Christabel Pankhurst (20th century).

Christabel has 12 variant forms: Christabella, Christabelle, Christobel, Chrystabel, Chrystabelle, Chrystobel, Cristabel, Cristabell, Cristabella, Cristabelle, Crystabel and Crystabella.

For more information, see also the related name Christina.

Baby names that sound like Christabel are Christel and Christal.

Christabel is a very rare female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Christabel. Click here to compare Christabel with related baby names.