Boy · Hebrew
Michel
Say it: mee-SHEL
Meaning
From Hebrew Mikha'el 'who is like God?'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
The leading French boys' name of the 1940s–50s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1960s
In the United States
- 13,914 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1966, about 1 in 9,600 boys
- 33 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Michael |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Michiel |
| Italian | Michele |
Famous bearers
- Michel de Montaigne
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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