Christela

Meaning

“Haitian Creole coined name built on Christ; precise meaning uncertain”

Popularity, 1890–2024

Christela does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.

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