Female name
Rochelle
991 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1996. Expression number: 6.
Origin
Habitational or topographic name from places in France, La Rochelle, from Old French rochelle diminutive form of roche (“rock”).From Wiktionary, entry “Rochelle”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1996: 128 births. 991 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s. It is still given: 35 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1969: 1,284 births. 47,395 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1940s to the 1990s. It really came into use around 1914. It is still given: 170 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
9 + 6 + 3 + 8 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 5 = 42 → 6
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
6 + 5 + 5 = 16 → 7
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
9 + 3 + 8 + 3 + 3 = 26 → 8
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 2, 4, 7
- Most frequent digit
- 3 · expression, creativity, sociability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.