What does Chelsea mean?

Chelsea means "landing place for chalk"

How do we pronounce Chelsea?

Chelsea \(c)hel-sea, ch-els-ea\ is a female's name. It consists of 7 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Chelsea is also used as a name boy name meaning, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced as CH-EHLSiy- 1.

1 Pronunciation for Chelsea: CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

What is the origin of Chelsea?

Chelsea is of Old English origin and it is used mainly in English. The name Chelsea means 'landing place for chalk or limestone'. Derived from cealc which means 'chalk, limestone' ; hyth which means '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 baby 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 is a widely used name; it has 50 forms. Forms of the name consist of baby name Celsea, Chalsey meaning, Chelce name popularity, baby name Chelcea, Chelcee name variations, Chelcey name popularity, short names for Chelci, Chelese name variations, name Chelesia origin, Chelisa definition, Chelise name variations, name Chellise meaning, short names for Chelsa, Chelsae meaning and origin, Chelsah meaning and origin, short names for Chelsay, nicknames for Chelseah, Chelseigh pronounciation, nicknames for Chelsia, Chelssey name, meaning of Chelssie, Chelssy pronounciation, Chelsy meaning, Chelsye pronounciation, Chesea name variations, Cheslee name popularity, Chesley name popularity, Cheslie name, short names for Chessea, short names for Kelsey, Kelsi meaning and origin, Kelsie meaning, and name Shelsea origin. Other English forms consist of the shortenings short names for Chel and Chels name popularity, the diminutives Chele meaning and origin, Chelie pronounciation, Chelle pronounciation, nicknames for Chelli, nicknames for Chellie, and Chessie name popularity, and the spelling variants Chelcie name variations, name Chelcy origin, Chellsie pronounciation, name Chelse, Chelsee meaning of name, name Chelsei origin, nicknames for Chelsey, Chelsi name, and name Chelsie origin. Chelsea is popular as a baby girl name. The name grew in popularity from the 1960s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only sporadic use. Its usage peaked in 1992 with 0.807% of baby girls being named Chelsea. It had a ranking of #15 then. The baby name has experienced a marked drop in frequency since then. In 2010, it ranked at #222 with a usage of 0.072%, was nevertheless the most popular among all girl names in its family. Chelsea was 5.072% more popular than the 2nd ranked name, Kelsey name, in 2010. Chelsea has in the last century been mainly given to baby girls.

A famous person named Chelsea is Political Relative Chelsea Clinton, born 27 February 1980, Little Rock, Arkansas.

List of baby names that sound like Chelsea:

the name Chelcee definition, the name Chelcey meaning, the name meaning of Chelci, the English Chelcy name popularity, the English Chellsie name, the English name Chelsee, the English what does the name Chelsey mean, the English Chelsi definition, the English short names for Chelsie, the name Chelssey name variations, the name what does the name Chelssie mean, the name name Chelssy meaning, the English Chelsy meaning and origin, the name Chalace meaning and origin, the name Chalcia definition, the English name Chalice origin, the name Chalis name, the name Chalise name popularity, the name name Challis origin, and the name meaning of Challiss.

The baby name Chelsea fun facts:

The name Chelsea in reverse order is "Aeslehc".

The numerological value of the name Chelsea is number 8, which means practical endeavors, status oriented, power-seeking, high-material goals.

How popular is Chelsea?

Chelsea is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.07%
20130.07%
20120.08%
20110.08%
20100.08%
20090.08%
20080.08%
20070.09%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames