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Michel
Pronounced /mɪˈʃɛl/
Rank in 2024
#7,686
Born in 2024
14
Peak year
1966 · #1120
Origin
French
Also recorded for boys:31 in 2024 (#3,617)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 14 girls were named Michel, about 1 in every 115,228.
- It peaked in 1966 with 89 babies, ranked #1120.
- It first shows up in the records in 1939.
- 3,545 girls have been named Michel since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Michel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 85 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 752 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,086 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 751 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 775 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 96 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Either a reborrowing of French Michel or a continuation (with pronunciation influenced by Modern French) of Middle English Michel, both from Old French Michel, from Latin Michāēl, borrowed from Koine Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”). Doublet of Michael, Miguel, and Mikhail.
- A male given name from French, equivalent to English Michael.
- Origin
- French
- Say it
- /mɪˈʃɛl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0.