Christel
Christel is a female given name and a family name. Occasionally it also occurs as a male first name.
Origin and meaning
Christel is a southern German nickname for Christine , which is also given as an independent name.
variants
- Christelle (French)
- Cristel (French)
- Kristel (Dutch / Flemish, Swedish)
Name bearers
- Christel Bienstein (* 1951), German nursing scientist
- Christel Bodenstein (born October 13, 1938 in Munich; actually Christa Bodenstein), German actress
- Christel Buschmann (* 1942), German journalist, translator, screenwriter and director
- Christel Ferrier Bruneau (* 1979), French racing cyclist
- Christel Frese (* 1944), German athlete
- Christel Goltz (bourgeois Christine Schenk; 1912–2008), Austrian opera singer (soprano)
- Christel Guillaume (nee Meerrettig; 1927–2004), agent of the Ministry for State Security of the GDR
- Christel Happach-Kazan (born Happach; * 1950), German politician (FDP)
- Christel Hoffmann (1949–2018), German politician (SPD) and member of the Hessian state parliament
- Christel Humme (née Hahn; * 1949), German politician (SPD)
- Christel Justen (1957-2005), German swimmer
- Christel Kasselmann , German expert in the field of aquarium plants
- Christel Lang (later Christel Kaib and Christel Kipp; * 1947), German table tennis player
- Christel Lau (* 1944), German hockey player
- Christel Meier-Staubach (* 1942 as Christel Meier), German Classical and Middle Latin philologist
- Christel Merian (1933–2012; also Christel Merian-Noack), German actress and voice actress
- Christel Neusüß (1937–1988), political economist
- Christel Oldenburg (* 1961), German politician (SPD) and historian
- Christel Pascal (* 1973), French ski racer
- Christel Peters (1916–2009), German theater, cinema and television actress
- Christel Riemann-Hanewinckel (* 1947), German politician (SPD)
- Christel Scheja (* 1965), German writer
- Christel Schulz (married Homeyer; 1921–2014), German athlete
- Christel Schulze (* 1936), German singer
- Christel Sembach-Krone (1936–2017), circus director
- Christel Sommer (married Iske; * 1950), German badminton player
- Christel Suckow (* before 1975), German film editor
- Christel Voßbeck-Kayser (* 1961), German politician (CDU)
- Christel Wegner (* 1947), German politician (DKP)
- Christel Zachert (* 1940), German author
Name bearer (male)
- Christel Kuball (1876–1950), German art glazier
family name
- Albert Christel (1907–1977), German author and concentration camp prisoner