Etymology

Michelle

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Today it means: A female given name from Hebrew, popular from the 1960s to the 1990s. Full definition →

French Michelle ← Hebrew מִיכָאֵל
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromמִיכָאֵל“who is like God?”
  2. French · derived fromMichel“Michael”
  3. French · borrowed fromMichelle
  4. English todayMichelle

Borrowed from French Michelle, feminine form of French Michel (“Michael”), Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mikhaél, “who is like God?”). Doublet of Michaela.

Words from the same roots

FrenchMichel all →

michel

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.