Michelle

Michelle \mic-hel-le, mi-che-lle\ is a female's name. It consists of 8 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Michelle is also used as a nicknames for boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced Mih-SHEHL in English or Miy-SHEHL in French ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Michelle: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

What is the origin of Michelle?

Michelle is of Hebrew origin. It is used mainly in English, French, and German. The name developed via Michèle, the French feminine equivalent of Michel. The name Michele was first adopted by English speakers in the mid 20th-century, but the Anglicized spelling Michelle became more widespread. The latter was in part popularized by the Beatles song Michelle (1965). Michelle is an English, French, and German form of the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Slavic short names for Michaela. Michelle is a widely used name; it has 83 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name comprise name M'chelle meaning, name M'shell origin, Machealle name popularity, Machele name variations, name Machell meaning, Machella meaning, Mashelle name, meaning of Mckayla, Me'Shell meaning of name, Meechelle meaning and origin, name Meichelle origin, Meschell name, Meshell name popularity, nicknames for Meshella, Meshelle meaning, Micaela meaning of name, Michaela name (used in German and Italian as well), Michaelina pronounciation, Michaeline name popularity, what does the name Michaella mean, nicknames for Michaelle, name Michalla meaning, Michel meaning and origin, Michelene definition, Michella pronounciation, Michellene pronounciation, name Michellyn meaning, Michon name, Mickaela pronounciation, name Miesha meaning, Miguela meaning of name, name Mikaela, what does the name Mikyla mean, short names for Miquela, Mischaela meaning and origin, Mischel name variations, name Mishael meaning, nicknames for Mishaela, Mishaelle definition, baby name Mishaila, Mishayla meaning and origin, Mitchele pronounciation, name Mitchelle meaning, name Mychael meaning, Mychel definition, name Mychele, Mychell definition, short names for Mychelle, Myshel pronounciation, Myshell name, Myshella meaning and origin, Nichelle definition, Richelle meaning and origin, name Shelli, and Tashelle meaning of name. Other English forms comprise the contracted forms Chelle name, Mich meaning, baby name Miche, and Shell definition, the diminutives Chel definition, Micha meaning (used in Hebrew as well), meaning of Michelina (used in Italian and as well), Michelly pronounciation, name Michelyne meaning, Micki meaning of name, meaning of Midge, Mikki meaning of name, Mizzy definition, meaning of Shelley, meaning of Shellie, and Shelly meaning and origin, and the spelling variants Machelle pronounciation, short names for Mechelle, Michele name popularity (used in French, and Italian as well), name Michell (used in Italian as well), name Mishell, and Mishelle name popularity. Forms used in foreign languages comprise the Italian Michela definition, the Spanish short names for Miguelita, the Russian Mikhaila meaning and origin, and the Dutch, Russian, and Slavic name Mischa meaning. The diminutives baby name Micheline (French) and meaning of Misha (Russian) are other foreign forms. See also the related forms, the English, French, and Italian baby name Rachelle and the English Trishelle definition. Michelle is popular as a baby girl name. The name increased in popularity from the 1930s up to the 1960s; prior to that, it was of only irregular use. At the height of its usage in 1969, 1.948% of baby girls were named Michelle. It had a ranking of #2 then. The baby name has markedly slipped in popularity since then. In 2010, it ranked at #125 with a usage of 0.128%, however it was nevertheless the most popular within all girl names in its family. Michelle was thrice as popular as the 2nd ranked name, Michaela meaning, in 2010. Michelle has in the last century been mainly given to baby girls. There were 214 times more baby girls than boys who were named Michelle in 1983.

The following famous people share the name Michelle:

• Actress Michelle Rodriguez, born 12 July 1978, Bexar County, Texas
• Actress Michelle Williams, born 9 September 1980, Kalispell, Montana
• Actress Michelle Yeoh, born Yeoh Choo Kheng 6 August 1962, Ipoh, Malaysia
• Figure Skater Michelle Kwan, born Kwan Wing Shan 7 July 1980, Torrance, California
• Golfer Michelle Wie, born 11 October 1989, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Model Michelle Alves, born 19 September 1978, Londrina, Brazil
• Political Relative Michelle Obama, born Michelle LaVaughn Robinson 17 January 1964, Chicago, Illinois.

List of baby names Michelle:

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The baby name Michelle fun facts:

The name Michelle in reverse order is "Ellehcim".

The numerological value of the name Michelle is number 4, which means a foundation, order, service, struggle against limits, steady growth.

How popular is Michelle?

Michelle is in the top names in USA.