Michelle
Michelle is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
Michelle is the French variant of the first name Michaela and the feminine form of Michael . This name comes from the Hebrew and means something like "Who is like God?" (Miy = who; ke = how; el = the mighty, God). The name also exists in the spelling Michèle and in the Italian male and English female variant Michele .
distribution
Before the 1960s, the name Michelle was hardly common in Germany. Its popularity rose sharply in the late 1980s. In the 1990s he was among the top ten most given female first names a few times. Since then, its popularity has fallen a little again.
Name bearers
First name
- Michelle Bachelet (* 1951), Chilean physician and politician, two-time Chilean President
- Michelle Courtens (* 1981), Dutch singer
- Michelle Hunziker (* 1977), Swiss presenter, singer and photo model
- Michelle Kwan (* 1980), American figure skater
- Michelle McCool (* 1980), American wrestler
- Michelle Obama (* 1964), American attorney and American first lady from 2009 to January 2017
- Michelle Pfeiffer (born 1958), American actress
- Michelle Rodríguez (* 1978), American actress
- Michelle Shocked (* 1962), American folk singer and songwriter
- Michelle Trachtenberg (* 1985), American actress
- Michelle von Valois (1395–1422), Princess of France and Duchess of Burgundy
- Michelle von Treuberg (* 1992), German actress
stage name
Others
- Romy and Michele , 1997 American comedy film