—2024 rank
1968peak year
223,208babies named Michele since 1880
▲ +25%5-year trend
Michele popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Michele mean?
The Italian feminine form of Michael, from Hebrew Mikha'el, 'who is like God?'. In America it pronounced mi-SHELL and peaked in the 1960s-70s.
OriginItalian, Hebrew
Syllables3
Gendergirl
Stylevintage, classic
Names like Michele
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Spellings & variants
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