English
Michelle
Michelle comes from French Michel ‘Michael’, and goes back to Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל.
- Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEמִיכָאֵלmīḵāʾēl‘Michael’literally ‘Who is like God?’
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEΜῐχᾱήλMĭkhāḗl
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMichāēl
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400Michel
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘Michael’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentMichellefeminine form of Michel
- Englishearliest quotation 1965same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEמִיכָאֵלmīḵāʾēl‘Michael’literally ‘Who is like God?’
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEΜῐχᾱήλMĭkhāḗl
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMichāēl
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400Michel
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘Michael’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentMichellefeminine form of Michel
- Englishearliest quotation 1965same form
Earliest quotation: 1965, John Lennon-Paul McCartney: Michelle: “Michelle ma belle These are words that go together…”
Every English word from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל
Today it means
name A female given name from Hebrew, popular from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל / Michelle