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 [ syll. ric-hel-le, ri-che-lle ] The girl name Richelle is pronounced RIH-EHL- KEY. Richelle's language of origin is Germanic and it is predominantly used in English. The meaning of Richelle is 'powerful ruler'. Two-element name derived from ric and hart which are of the meanings 'rich, powerful, ruler' and 'brave, hardy' respectively. The name was invented as a feminine form of Richard, influenced by names like Michelle. Richelle is the feminine form of the Czech, English, French, and German Richard. Forms of the name include the English names Richi, Richonda, Rickel, Rickquel, Ricquel, Ricquelle, Rikell, Rikelle, Shelley, and Shelly. In addition, Richelle is a form of the English Rochelle. The pet form Rikki (English), and the spelling variants Richel (English), Richele (English), Richell (English), and Rychelle (English) are other forms of Richelle. Richelle is an unusual baby girl name. Its usage peaked in 1972 with 0.016% of baby girls being named Richelle. It was #604 in rank then. The baby name has steeply slipped in popularity since then, and is used only on a very modest scale today. Among all girl names in its family, Richelle was nevertheless the most regularly used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Richelle include the English Richele, the English and Italian Rachele, the German Rahel, the Slavic Rahil, the English Reilly, the English Richel, the English Richell, the English Riley, the German and Spanish Rilla, the English Rochale, the English Rolli, the English Rollie, the English Rolly, the Greek Roula, the English Rylee, the English Ryleigh, the English Rylie, the English Rylly, the English Arrielle, and the Hebrew Erela. KEY: approx pronunciation for Richelle: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
