Michelle

• Michele

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

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈʃɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

Michelle

1. A female given name from Hebrew, popular from the 1960s to the 1990s.
   • 1965, John Lennon-Paul McCartney: Michelle ( a Beatles song)

     Michelle ma belle

     These are words that go together well

     My Michelle.

   • 2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.

Recently borrowed from French Michelle.

Michelle

1. a female given name

• Michèle

• IPA^(key): /mi.ʃɛl/

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Michelle f

1. a female given name, popular more recently in the 1940's, masculine equivalent Michel [=Michael]

Recently borrowed from French Michelle.

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Michelle f (genitive Michelles or Michelle)

1. a female given name

Recently borrowed from French Michelle.

Michelle

1. a female given name

Recently borrowed from French Michelle.

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Michelle c (genitive Michelles)

1. a female given name