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 [ 2 syll. (c)hel-sea, ch-els-ea ] The girl name Chelsea is pronounced as CHEHLSiy KEY. Chelsea is used predominantly in the English language and it is derived from Old English origins. The name means landing place for chalk or limestone. Derived from the words 'cealc' meaning chalk, limestone ; 'hyth' meaning landing place, harbor. The first name is from the district Chelsea in London. The name was adopted in the 'swinging sixties', promoted by the fame of Chelsea and London as a fashion hub. It could also have been influenced by the Chelsea football club. In recent times, the name gained wider exposure from Chelsea Brown (1956-) when she appeared in the US TV sketch comedy Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968-1973), and from the daughter of US President Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton (1980-), who was named after Joni Mitchell's song Chelsea Morning (1969), a favorite of her parents. Chelsea has 28 forms. Forms of Chelsea include Celsea, Chelese, Chelesia, Chelisa, Chelise, Chellise, Chelsa, Chelsae, Chelsia, Chesea, and Cheslee. Other English forms include the short forms Chel and Chels, the pet forms Chele, Chelie, Chelle, Chelli, Chellie, and Chessie, and the variant spellings Chelcie, Chelcy, Chellsie, Chelse, Chelsee, Chelsei, Chelsey, Chelsi, and Chelsie. Chelsea is popular as a baby girl name. The name's popularity jumped from the 1960s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of sporadic use only. At the height of its usage in 1992, 0.807% of baby girls were given the name Chelsea. It had a ranking of #15 then. The baby name has seen a substantial fall in popularity since then. In 2008, its usage was 0.073% and its ranking #221, but it was nonetheless the most widely used within all girl names in its family. Baby names that sound like Chelsea include Chelcy (English), Chellsie (English), Chelsee (English), Chelsey (English), Chelsi (English), Chelsie (English), Chalice (English), Chelcie (English), Chelese (English), Chelise (English), Chellise (English), Chelsa (English), Chelsei (English), Chelisa (English), Chels (English), Chelsae (English), Chelse (English), and Chelsia (English). A famous person named Chelsea is Chelsea Clinton, Political Relative, born 27 February 1980, Little Rock, Arkansas. KEY: Pronunciation for Chelsea: CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
