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What does Michelle mean?
Michelle 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced mee-SHELL. It is of French and Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Michelle is "who is like God?". Feminine of Michael. A popular name when it was first used in the 1940s, and made even more so by the Beatles' song "Michelle" in the 1970s. Popular in Germany. Actresses Michelle Pfeiffer, Sara Michelle Gellar; singer Me'shell N'Degé Ocello; figure skater Michelle Kwan.
STARTS WITH Mi-
Variations
VARIANTS Chelle, Machelle, Mashelle, M'chelle, Mechelle, Meechelle, Me'shell, Meshella, Mia▲, Micaela, Michaela▼, Michaelina, Michaeline, Michaella, Michal, Michela, Michele▼, Michelina, Micheline, Michell▼, Michella, Micki, Mickie, Midge, Miguela, Miguelita, Mikaela, Miquela, Misha, Mishaelle, Mishelle, M'shell, Mychele, Mychelle, Myshell, Myshella
SEE ALSO Nichelle, Shell, Shelley
RELATED FORMS VIA MICHAEL Michaele, Mikelle
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
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How popular is Michelle?
Michelle is a very prominent first name for females (#21 out of 4276, Top 1%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#28326 out of 150436, Top 19%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Michelle entered the list in 1930-1939 and reached its highest rank of #4 in the U.S. in the 1970s, and is at #263 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Michelle (#263 VIA LATEST LIST) ranked in the Top 2000 are Machelle, Mechelle, Mia (#7), Micaela (#1138), Michael, Michaela (#529), Michaele, Michaeline, Michaella, Michal, Michela, Michele, Michelina, Michell, Micki, Mickie, Midge, Mikaela (#678), Misha (#1994), Nichelle and Shelley. Usage of these relations of Michelle was more pronounced 48 years ago (USAGE OF 2.2%) and has become significantly less since (USAGE 0.9%, 59% LESS), with versions like Michell becoming less stylish. Mia is the most contemporarily stylish birth name among these.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Bethelle (see Bethel), Cathelle (see Catherine), Cicelie (see Cecilia), Darchelle, Dielle, Dinelle, Ginelle, Giselle, Gizelle▼, Jinelle, Jiselle, Jizelle, Jocelle, Lachelle, Mabelle▼, Macaela, Madelle, Marcelle, Marchelle, Marelle, Marselle, Martelle, Marvelle, Maxwelle, Maybelle▼, Mechaela, Merielle, Mical, Michaelyn, Michala, Michalin, Michayla, Michee, Mickee, Micole, Mikhayla, Mille, Mirabelle, Mirell, Mirella, Mirelle, Mishaila, Moisella (see Moselle), Moiselle, Mosella, Moselle, Murielle, Mychaela, Mychal, Niceole (see Nicole), Nichele, Nicholle, Nicolle▼, Nishell, Nishelle, Pashelle, Rachelce, Rachell, Rachelle▼, Rashelle, Raychelle, Richel, Richela, Richele, Richella, Richelle▼, Richette, Rochele, Rochell, Rochella, Rochelle▼, Roshelle, Ruthelle, Schelley and Shelle. These names tend to be less frequently used than Michelle.
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