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Michele (girl)

What does Michele mean?

Michele Pronunciation of Michele as a name for girls (also used as boys' name Michele) is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of the name Michele is "who is like God?". Michele is a version of Michaela (Hebrew): Latin feminine variant of Michael. Michele is also a variation of Michelle (French, Hebrew).

STARTS WITH Mi-

Variations

VARIANTS Mychelle, Mychele, Michell, Mechelle, Machelle

RELATED FORMS VIA MICHAELA, MICHELLE M'chelle, M'shell, Macaela, Mashelle, Mechaela, Meechelle, Micaela, Michael, Michaele, Michaeline, Michaella, Michaila, Michal, Michalin, Michayla, Michela, Michelina, Micheline, Michella, Mickee, Mickey, Mickie, Miguela, Mihaela, Mikaela, Mikelle, Miquela, Mischaela, Mishaelle, Mishelle, Mychaela, Myshell

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Michele Ryann (M.R.), ..

How popular is Michele?

Michele is a very prominent first name for females (#154 out of 4276, Top 4%) and also a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#39176 out of 150436, Top 26%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Michele entered the list in 1930-1939 and reached its apex rank of #50 in the U.S. in the 1960s, but is not found in the list currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Michele name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Michele outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Michelle (#263 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Michaela (#529), Mikaela (#678), Micaela (#1138), Mickie, Mickey, Michell, Michelina, Machelle, Michela, Mechelle, Michal, Michaella, Michaeline, Michaele, Michael and Michayla are the popular alternative forms of Michele. Adoption of these relations of Michele was widespread among parents in the 1970s (AVERAGE #1440) and has become much reduced since (#1700, 93% LESS USAGE), with forms like Michael going out of style.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Michele, Machelle, Mechelle, Micaela, Michael in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Michaela, Michaele, Michaeline, Michaella, Michal in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Michayla, Michela, Michelina, Michell, Michelle in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Mickey, Mickie, Mikaela in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Michaela, Michelle, Mikaela outside U.S.

Similar Names

Michele is alike in pronunciation to Mychal. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Chele, Fidele, Gisele, Lachelle, Macee, Marcele, Marchelle, Marlele, Marvele, Mical, Michaelyn, Michala, Michee, Michi, Michiko, Micole, Mille, Millee, Mindee, Minnee, Mirell, Mirelle, Mirielle, Mitzee, Niccole, Niceole (see Nicole), Nichele, Nichelle, Nichole, Nicholle, Nickole, Nicole, Nicolle, Nishelle, Nychole, Rachele, Rachelle, Richel, Richela, Richele, Richelle, Rochele and Rochelle. These names tend to be less frequently used than Michele.

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