Chel

General Name Discussion
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Has anybody seen DreamWorks Road to Eldorado? This is a great movie, and I’m particularly gripped by the name of the two fugitives’ accomplice, Chel. I love the name, but I can’t seem to find it on any name websites. Have you ever heard it before? [name_f]Do[/name_f] you think it could be used, or not?

Also, when I looked up a variation spelling of the name in Wiki, I got the following results:
Chell, Staffordshire, an English community on the northern edge of Stoke-on-[name_m]Trent[/name_m]
Chell ([name_f]Star[/name_f] Trek), a [name_f]Star[/name_f] Trek: Voyager character
Chell (Portal), the protagonist of the 2007 video game Portal and its 2011 sequel Portal 2
Chell, a chemical cell - used in the context of bottom-up synthetic biology

People[edit]
[name_f]Carol[/name_f] Chell (born 1941), British children’s television presenter
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m] Chell (1911–1992), British footballer
[name_m]Walter[/name_m] Chell, Canadian cocktail inventor who invented the [name_m]Caesar[/name_m] cocktail

Have any of you heard of this spelling of this name? What are your thoughts?

2

I haven’t heard it before, but like [name_m]Chet[/name_m], which is similar. I think Chel looks a bit unfinished in some way, sorry.

3

Chel, to me, looks like a nickname for [name_u]Chelsea[/name_u] or [name_f]Michelle[/name_f] (depending on how the “ch” is pronounced), and not so much a full name. I’d rather see [name_m]Chet[/name_m], as @ciottolo mentioned, or perhaps even [name_u]Del[/name_u]. Those are both sort of old-timey nicknames that are a bit more familiar.

4

I’ve seen the film, it’s one of the few non-Disney traditionally drawn animations I actually like. Chel is meant to be a native of [name_f]El[/name_f] Dorado, so I’m guessing they made it up to be similar to ancient Aztec/Mayan names.

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I love that movie :slight_smile: I liked Chel. She’s a great girl. I like the name too. I’m pretty sure it’s made up too. I did find [name_f]Chelle[/name_f] which says “powerful ruler” and is listed as old english on the site I’m looking. The closest Mayan name I can find is [name_f]Ixchel[/name_f] which means “moon goddess, she of the rainbow”.

I would use it as a nickname for Cheletha (one who smiles a lot) or [name_f]Rachel[/name_f] or something.