Definition of "Rochelle"

Rochelle

/ɹoʊˈʃɛl/

proper noun
1. A surname from Old French.
2. Any of a number of places in the USA.
3. A female given name transferred from the place name, of 20th century usage.
  Quotations
  She was a modern woman. "Rochelle!" I hear my grandma's taunt. "Imagine Rochelle!" And then in Yiddish: "Rachel is not good enough for her."
  1971, E. L. Doctorow, The Book of Daniel, Random House, published 2007, page 42