Michelle

  • [ mee-SHEL (French), mi-SHEL (English) ]
  • French, English, Dutch
French feminine form of MICHEL. It has been common in the English-speaking world since the middle of the 20th century.

MICHEL   male   French, German, Dutch
French form of MICHAEL. Michel de Notredame, also known as Nostradamus, was the 16th-century French astrologer who made predictions about future world events. This is also the German diminutive form of MICHAEL.
MICHAEL   male   English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name מִיכָאֵל (Mikha'el) meaning "who is like God?". This is a rhetorical question, implying no person is like God. Michael is one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition and the only one identified as an archangel in the Bible. In the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament he is named as a protector of Israel. In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament he is portrayed as the leader of heaven's armies in the war against Satan, and is thus considered the patron saint of soldiers in Christianity.

The popularity of the saint led to the name being used by nine Byzantine emperors, including Michael VIII Palaeologus who restored the empire in the 13th century. It has been common in Western Europe since the Middle Ages, and in England since the 12th century. It has been borne (in various spellings) by rulers of Russia (spelled Михаил), Romania (Mihai), Poland (Michał), and Portugal (Miguel). Other bearers of this name include the British chemist/physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867), musician Michael Jackson (1958-2009), and basketball player Michael Jordan (1963-).
EQUIVALENTS
CROATIAN: Mihaela
CZECH: Michaela, Michala
DANISH: Mikaela, Mikkeline
DUTCH: Michelle
ENGLISH: Makayla, Mckayla, Michaela, Michayla, Michele, Michelle, Mikayla, Mikhaila
FINNISH: Mikaela
FRENCH: Michèle, Michelle
GERMAN: Michaela
ITALIAN: Micaela, Michela
MACEDONIAN: Mihaela, Mihaila
NORWEGIAN: Mikaela
POLISH: Michalina
PORTUGUESE: Micaela, Miguela
ROMANIAN: Mihaela
SLOVAK: Michaela
SLOVENE: Mihaela
SPANISH: Micaela, Miguela
SWEDISH: Michaela, Mikaela
UKRAINIAN: Mykhaila
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Chelle, Mica, Michelyne, Mikki, Shell
FRENCH: Micheline
GERMAN: Michi
ITALIAN: Lina, Michelina
MASCULINE FORMS
ARABIC: Mikha'il
BASQUE: Mikel, Mitxel
BIBLICAL GREEK: Michael, Mikhael
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Mikha'el
BIBLICAL LATIN: Michael
BIBLICAL: Michael
BULGARIAN: Mihail, Mikhail
CATALAN: Miquel
CORNISH: Myghal
CROATIAN: Mihael, Mihajlo, Miho, Mihovil, Mijo
CZECH: Michael, Michal
DANISH: Michael, Mikael, Mikkel
DUTCH: Maikel, Michaël, Michael, Michel, Michiel, Mick
ENGLISH: Michael, Micheal, Mick, Mickey, Micky, Mike, Mikey
ESPERANTO: Miĉjo, Miĥaelo, Mikelo
ESTONIAN: Mihkel
FAROESE: Mikkjal
FINNISH: Mika, Mikael, Mikko, Miska
FRENCH: Michaël, Michel, Mickaël
GEORGIAN: Mikheil, Misho
GERMAN: Michael, Michel, Michi
GREEK: Michail, Michalis, Mihail, Mihalis
HAWAIIAN: Mikala
HEBREW: Mikha'el
HUNGARIAN: Mihály, Miksa, Misi, Miska
IRISH: Mícheál
ITALIAN: Michele
LATVIAN: Mihails, Miķelis
LITHUANIAN: Mykolas
MACEDONIAN: Mihail
MAORI: Mikaere
MEDIEVAL FRENCH: Michel
NORWEGIAN: Michael, Mikael, Mikkel
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Mikhailu
POLISH: Michał
PORTUGUESE: Miguel, Miguelito
ROMANIAN: Mihai, Mihail, Mihăiță
RUSSIAN: Michail, Mikhail, Misha
SAMI: Mihkkal
SCOTTISH: Mìcheal, Micheil
SERBIAN: Mihailo, Mihajlo, Mijo
SLOVAK: Michal
SLOVENE: Miha, Mihael
SPANISH: Miguel, Miguelito
SWEDISH: Michael, Mikael
TURKISH: Mikail
UKRAINIAN: Mikhailo, Mykhail, Mykhailo, Mykhaylo
WELSH: Meical
OTHER FORMS
ENGLISH: Mitch, Mitchell, Richelle