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 [ syll. (c)hris-ta-bel, ch-ristab-el ] The girl name Christabel is pronounced K-RIHSTahBahL KEY. Christabel's language of origin is Latin and it is used largely in the English language. The name's meaning is 'beautiful Christian'. From christianus meaning 'christian' ; bella meaning 'beautiful'. The name is derived from Christine and the suffix '-bel' or the name Bella. It was in use by English speakers in the 16th century, and later grew in popularity after it appeared as the name of the titular character in the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem Christabel (1797,1800). The name is sometimes bestowed in honor of the suffragette Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958). Variations of the name include the English names Christabella, Christabelle, Christable, and Christobel. Other variants of Christabel include the short form Chris (English), and the pet forms Chrissi (English), Chrissie (English), Chrissy (English), Christie (English), and Christy (English). See also the related forms, the English, German, Italian, Scottish, Spanish, Hungarian, and Russian Bella and the Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian Christine. Christabel is infrequently used as a baby name for girls. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. In 2008, out of the group of girl names directly linked to Christabel, the English, German, Italian, Scottish, Spanish, Hungarian, and Russian Bella was the most regularly used. Baby names that sound like Christabel include the English names Christable, Christobel, and Christabella. A famous person named Christabel is Christabel Pankhurst, Suffragette, born Christabel Harriette Pankhurst, September 22, 1880 - February 13, 1958, Manchester, England. KEY: approx pronunciation for Christabel: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
