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Michelle name meaning

“who is like God? (via Michel)”

Letters
8
Syllables
2
First letter
M
Origin
European · Hebrew
Category
Western Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 1990s: 14.3%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadegirl
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s14.3%
2000s–
2010s–

Meaning faithEuropean origin

Michelle is a girl's name, the feminine form of Michel (a French form of Michael), meaning 'who is like God?'.

What does Michelle mean?

Who is like God? (via Michel)

In Malay: siapa yang seperti Tuhan? (melalui Michel)

#Faith

Sources (3)

About the name Michelle

Michelle is the feminine form of Michel, the French form of Michael. Michael comes from Hebrew Miḵaʾel, meaning 'who is like God?'. Michelle has been common in the English-speaking world since the mid-20th century. JPN records show it peaking in the 1990s with 1,436 baby girls.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginEuropean, Hebrew
SyllablesMi-chelle

Michelle in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
Girl: 1,436 · 14.3%
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Michelle as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Michelle · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Michel · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Michael · behindthename.com · meaning

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