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Chanceler

Gender
Boy
Say it
CHAN-sler
Origin
English

Chanceler is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Chanceler come from?

English: probably a variant of Chancellor, from Old French chancelier

Is Chanceler a girl's or a boy's name?

Chanceler is a boys' name.

How popular is Chanceler in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.

Half of all the boys named Chanceler in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

1993Busiest: 12 in 19942009
Chanceler in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20095#12,486
20087#9,864
20070–
20060–
200511#6,628
20047#8,921
20039#7,238
20028#7,636
200110#6,438
20005#10,341
19999#6,524
19988#6,837
199712#4,954
199611#5,180
19957#6,985
199412#4,797
19937#6,809

Nicknames for Chanceler

Names like Chanceler

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Chanceler

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Chanceler: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chanceler, updated 20 October 2026.