Chelsea

Chelsea

Origin
Word/name	of that location

The name Chelsea may refer to one of several locations. It is also a moderately common given name. Other usages tend to derive from one of these primary usages. There are several alternative spellings, including Chelsee, Chelsey, Chelsi, Chelsie and Chelsy.

The name originally derives from the Old English for chalk wharf, applied descriptively to the neighbourhood of Chelsea in London. The successive fame of the name in different generations because of Chelsea porcelain in the 18th century, Swinging Chelsea in the 1960s, and today's Chelsea Football Club help to explain the spread of the name.

Locations

Australia

• Chelsea, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne

Canada

• Chelsea, Quebec, a municipality in Quebec

United Arab Emirates

• Chelsea Tower, a tower in Dubai

United Kingdom

• Chelsea, London, a neighbourhood in London
• Chelsea Bridge, a bridge in London

United States

• Chelsea, Alabama, a city in Alabama
• Chelsea, Indiana, a town in Indiana
• Chelsea, Maine, a town in Maine
• Chelsea, Massachusetts, a city in Massachusetts
• Chelsea, Michigan, a city in Michigan
• Chelsea, New York, a district of Manhattan in the city of New York
• Chelsea, Oklahoma, a city in Oklahoma
• Chelsea, Vermont, a town in Vermont

People

• Chelsea Bernasconi, martial artist
• Chelsea Brown, actress
• Chelsea Brummet, actress
• Chelsea Chen, organist
• Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton
• Chelsea Cooley, holder of Miss USA title
• Chelsea Crooks, famous model and guitar player at young age (14).
• Chelsy Davy, ex-girlfriend of Prince Harry
• Chelsea Field, actress
• Chelsea Foucault, athlete
• Chelsea Georgeson, world title holding surfer
• Chelsea Handler, an American comedian
• Chelsea Hobbs, actress
• Chelsea Holtsclaw, soccer player
• Chelsea Martin, writer
• Chelsea Middleton, famous Australian explorer
• Chelsea Noble, actress
• Chelsea Peters, American equestrian rider
• Chelsea Anne Sexton, writer
• Chelsi Smith, holder of Miss USA and Miss Universe titles
• Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, writer

Organizations

• Chelsea F.C., a football club in London, UK
• Chelsea College of Art & Design, an art and design college in London, UK
• Chelsea Flower Show, annual event organised by the Royal Horticultural Society at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, UK
• Chelsea porcelain factory, a now defunct, but still famous porcelain factory in London, UK
• Hotel Chelsea, a hotel in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, United States
• Chelsea Piers, a sports and entertainment complex in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, United States
• Chelsea Sugar Refinery, an historical factory and landmark in Birkenhead, New Zealand
• Royal Hospital Chelsea, home for former soldiers in London, UK
  • Chelsea pensioner, occupant of the above home
• Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea, a former borough in London

Media

Music

• "Chelsea Hotel #2", a song by Leonard Cohen
• Chelsea Girl, an album by Nico
• Chelsea (band), a punk band
• "Chelsea Morning", a song written by Joni Mitchell and recorded by Judy Collins and others
• "Chelsea" (STEFY song), a song by STEFY
• "Chelsea Dagger", a song by The Fratellis
• "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea", a song by Elvis Costello from his album, This Year's Model
• "Chelsea", a song by Mest
• "Chelsea", a song by Counting Crows from their album Across a Wire: Live in New York City
• "Chelsea Hotel", a song by Dan Bern.

Television

• Chelsea Benson, a character from the US soap opera Days of our Lives
• Chelsea Daniels, a character from the US sitcom That's So Raven
• Chelsea Fox, a character from the UK soap opera East Enders
• Chelsea Lately, a US TV talk show starring Chelsea Handler

Film

• Chelsea Girls, a 1966 film

Print

• Chelsea Boys, a comic strip
• Chelsea (magazine), a small literary magazine since 1958 in New York City

Other

• Chelsea Drive, a street name in Manor Park Hill, an affluent neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• The Chelsea bun, a cake
• Chelsea (beverage), a carbonated, low-alcohol beverage
• Chelsea, a candy product made by Meiji Confectionery in Japan
• Chelsea chic
• Chelsea fashion
• Chelsea, a North American slang term for a particular hairstyle popular with female skinheads; known as a feathercut in the United Kingdom
• Chelsea tube station, a proposed railway station in London, UK