# Chantal > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chantal > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chantal.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantal > Source revision: 1342934431 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For other uses, see [Chantal (disambiguation)](/source/Chantal_(disambiguation)). **Chantal** (/ʃɒ̃ˈtɑːl,_-ˈtæl,_ʃænˈ-/, /ʃɑːnˈtɑːl/,[1] ʃɑ̃tal) is a feminine given name of [French](/source/France) origin. The name Chantal can be traced back to the [Old Occitan](/source/Old_Occitan) word *cantal*, meaning "[stone](/source/Rock_(geology))". It came into popular use as a given name in honor of the [Catholic saint](/source/Catholic_Saint), [Jeanne de Chantal](/source/Jane_Frances_de_Chantal). It may also be spelled **[Chantel](/source/Chantel)**, **Chantalle**, **[Chantelle](/source/Chantelle_(disambiguation))**, **Shantal**, **Shantel**, **Chanté**, **Shantelle**, or **Shontelle** usually in the USA. ## Chantal - [Chantal Akerman](/source/Chantal_Akerman) (1950–2015), Belgian filmmaker - [Chantal Andere](/source/Chantal_Andere) (born 1972), Mexican actress - [Chantal Botts](/source/Chantal_Botts) (born 1976), South African badminton player - [Chantal Chamandy](/source/Chantal_Chamandy), Canadian singer - [Chantal Chawaf](/source/Chantal_Chawaf) (born 1943), French writer - [Chantal Coché](/source/Chantal_Coch%C3%A9) (1826–1891), Belgian industrialist - [Chantal Claret](/source/Chantal_Claret) (born 1982), American singer - [Chantal Da Silva](/source/Chantal_Da_Silva), Canadian journalist residing in the United Kingdom - [Chantal Demming](/source/Chantal_Demming) (born 1978), Dutch actress - [Chantal Galladé](/source/Chantal_Gallad%C3%A9) (born 1972), Swiss politician - [Chantal Garrigues](/source/Chantal_Garrigues) (1944–2018), French actress - [Chantal Gondang](/source/Chantal_Gondang), Cameroonian dancer and choreographer - [Chantal Goya](/source/Chantal_Goya) (born 1942), French singer and actress - [Chantal Grevers](/source/Chantal_Grevers) (born 1961), Dutch cricketer - [Chantal Groot](/source/Chantal_Groot) (born 1982), Dutch swimmer - [Chantal Joffe](/source/Chantal_Joffe) (born 1969), English painter - [Chantal Kreviazuk](/source/Chantal_Kreviazuk) (born 1974), Canadian singer-songwriter - [Chantal Lemercier-Quelquejay](/source/Chantal_Lemercier-Quelquejay) (1926-2018), French historian - [Chantal Mauduit](/source/Chantal_Mauduit) (1964–1998), French alpine skier - [Chantal Mbakeshimama](/source/Chantal_Mbakeshimama), Rwandan politician - [Chantal Michel](/source/Chantal_Michel) (born 1968), Swiss artist - [Chantal Mouffe](/source/Chantal_Mouffe) (born 1943), Belgian political theorist - [Chantal Nijkerken-de Haan](/source/Chantal_Nijkerken-de_Haan) (born 1973), Dutch politician - Chantal Passamonte (born 1970), South African electronic musician, better known as [Mira Calix](/source/Mira_Calix) - [Chantal Quesnel](/source/Chantal_Quesnel), Canadian actress - [Chantal Réga](/source/Chantal_R%C3%A9ga) (born 1955), French sprinter - [Chantal Renaud](/source/Chantal_Renaud) (born 1946), Canadian script writer - [Chantal Rossi](/source/Chantal_Rossi), Canadian politician - [Chantal Serre](/source/Chantal_Serre) (1950–2015), French footballer - [Chantal Singer](/source/Chantal_Singer), Canadian waterskier - [Chantal Spitz](/source/Chantal_Spitz) (born 1954), French Polynesian author - [Chantal Strand](/source/Chantal_Strand) (born 1987), Canadian voice actress - [Chantal Strasser](/source/Chantal_Strasser) (born 1978), Swiss freestyle swimmer - [Chantal Sutherland](/source/Chantal_Sutherland) (born 1976), Canadian model, television personality, and jockey - [Chantal Ughi](/source/Chantal_Ughi) (born 1981), Italian female kick boxer, actress, and multiple Muay Thai champion - Chantal Vantomme, fictional character in two Belgian TV series *Eigen Kweek* (2013, 2016, 2019) and *[Chantal](/source/Chantal_(TV_series))* (2022, 2024) - [Chantal Videla](/source/Chanty_(singer)) (born 2002), Filipino-Argentine actress, model, and singer of K-pop girl group [Lapillus](/source/Lapillus_(group)) - [Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece](/source/Marie-Chantal,_Crown_Princess_of_Greece) (born 1968), the wife of Pavlos, a crowned prince of Greece ## Chantel Main article: [Chantel](/source/Chantel) ## Chantelle Main article: [Chantelle (disambiguation)#People](/source/Chantelle_(disambiguation)#People) ## Chantalle - [Chantalle Ng](/source/Chantalle_Ng) (born 1995), Singaporean actress - [Chantalle Zijderveld](/source/Chantalle_Zijderveld) (born 2000), Dutch swimmer ## Shantal - [Shantal Munro-Knight](/source/Shantal_Munro-Knight), Barbadian politician - [Beatriz Shantal](/source/Beatriz_Shantal), Mexican actress, singer, and model - [Ran Shantal](/source/Ran_Shantal) (born 1971), Israeli Olympic competitive sailor ## Shantel - Stefan Hantel, stage name [Shantel](/source/Shantel) (born 1968), German DJ and producer - [Shantel Jordan](/source/Shantel_Jordan), U.S. figure skater - [Shantel Kay](/source/Abuja_Area_Mama) (1991–2024), an alias of Nigerian sex worker and LGBTQ activist - [Shantel Krebs](/source/Shantel_Krebs) (born 1973), American businesswoman and former South Dakota Secretary of State - Shantel Rivard, the first coach for the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux women's hockey team - [Shantel VanSanten](/source/Shantel_VanSanten) (born 1985), American actress and model ## Shantelle - Shantelle Larissa Malawski (born 1986), Canadian professional wrestler with the ring name [Taylor Wilde](/source/Taylor_Wilde) ## Shontelle - Shontelle Layne (born 1985), Barbadian singer better known mononymously as [Shontelle](/source/Shontelle) ## References 1. p. 84. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Chantal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantal) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantal?action=history)). 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