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Michel
Pronounced /mɪˈʃɛl/
Rank in 2024
#3,617
Born in 2024
31
Peak year
1957 · #457
Origin
French
Also recorded for girls:14 in 2024 (#7,686)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 31 boys were named Michel, about 1 in every 55,333.
- It peaked in 1957 with 284 babies, ranked #457.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 10,516 boys 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.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 454 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 679 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,031 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,380 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,669 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 924 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 338 babies, 0.02 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.