Michelle (name)

Michelle is a given name, originally the French feminine form of Michel, from the Hebrew name Michael meaning "Who is like God?". It is now extensively used in English-speaking as well as French-speaking countries. It is also a surname.

Translations

• Albanian: Miçel
• Arabic: ميشيل
• Belarusian: Мішэль ( Mišeĺ)
• Bengali: মিশেল ( Miśēla)
• Chinese Simplified: 米歇尔 (Mǐ xiē ěr)
• Chinese Traditional: 米歇爾 (Mǐ xiē ěr)
• Czech: Michaela, Michala
• Danish: Mikaela, Mikkeline
• Finnish: Mikaela
• French: Michèle
• Georgian: მიშელ (Mishel)
• German: Michaela, Michi
• Greek: Μιχαέλα
• Gujarati: મિશેલ ( Miśēla)
• Hebrew: מישל
• Hindi: मिशेल ( Miśēla)
• Italian: Micaela, Michela, Michelina, Lina
• Japanese: ミシェル ( Misheru)
• Kannada: ಮಿಚೆಲ್ (Micel)
• Korean: 미셸 (Misyel)
• Marathi: मिशेल ( Miśēla)
• Mongolian: Мишээл ( Misheel)
• Norwegian: Mikaela
• Persian: میشل
• Polish: Michalina
• Portuguese: Micaela, Miguela
• Punjabi: ਮਿਸ਼ੇਲ ( Miśēla)
• Romanian: Mihaela
• Russian: Мишель (Mishel')
• Serbian: Мишел ( Mišel)
• Slovak: Michaela
• Slovene: Mihaela
• Spanish: Micaela, Miguela
• Swedish: Michaela, Mikaela
• Tamil: மைக்கேல் ( Maikkēl)
• Telugu: మిచెల్ ( Micel)
• Thai: มิเชล (Michel)
• Ukrainian: Мішель (Mishel')
• Urdu: مشیل
• Yiddish: מישעל ( Myşʻl)

Real people bearing the name

As given name

A-J

• Michelle Akers, American footballer
• Michelle Andrews, Australian field hockey midfielder
• Michelle Ang, New Zealand actress
• Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile
• Michelle Beadle (born 1975), American sportscaster
• Michelle Branch, American singer
• Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, CNBC reporter
• Michelle Chapman (known as Tori Black), American pornographic actress
• Michelle Chamuel, American singer, competed in season 4 of The Voice and was the runner-up.
• Michelle Chandler, Australian basketball player
• Michelle Chen, Taiwanese actress
• Michelle Cliff, author
• Michelle Courtens, Dutch singer, also known as "Michelle"
• Michelle Cruz, American soccer defender
• Michelle Creber, Canadian actress
• Michelle Dockery, English actress
• Michelle (née Ruark) Duggar, American reality TV star
• Michelle Featherstone, British indie singer-songwriter
• Michelle Ferrari, Italian pornographic actress and television personality
• Michelle Forbes, actress
• Michelle Fournier, Canadian hammer thrower
• Michelle Gayle, English singer and actress
• Michelle Gildernew, Sinn Féin Politician
• Michelle Gray, American politician
• Michelle Jenner, Spanish actress

H-M

• Michelle Hamer, Australian visual artist
• Michelle Heaton, British singer, TV personality and glamour model who found fame with Liberty X
• Michelle Hunziker, Swiss television hostess, actress and fashion model
• Michelle Keegan, English actress
• Michelle Kwan, professional American figure skater
• Michelle Laine, American fashion designer
• Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portuguese tennis player
• Michelle Leslie, Australian model
• Michelle Jaggard-Lai (born 1969), retired to professional tennis player from Australia
• Michelle Leonard (born 1973), British singer and songwriter, now based in Berlin
• Michelle Langstone (born 1979), New Zealand actress
• Michelle Lombardo (born 1983), American model and actress
• Michelle Lujan Grisham, American lawyer and politician
• Michelle Madhok, CEO of White Cat Media LLC
• Michelle Malkin, American political columnist
• Michelle Marsh, British Page Three girl
• Michelle McCool, American retired professional wrestler and former middle school teacher
• Michelle McManus, Scottish pop singer who won Pop Idol
• Michelle McLean, former Miss Universe (1992) from Namibia
• Michelle Meldrum, guitarist
• Michelle Monaghan, actress
• Michelle Monkhouse (b. 1991, d.2011), Canadian fashion model

O-Y

• Michelle Obama, former-First Lady of the United States
• Michelle Ongkingco, American actress
• Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
• Michelle Phillips, American actress, singer, and member of The Mamas & the Papas
• Michelle Rodriguez, American actress
• Michelle Rohl, American race walker
• Michelle Rojas, American voice actress
• Michelle Ruff, American voice actress
• Michelle Ryan, British actress
• Michelle Sawatzky, Canadian volleyball player
• Michelle Anne Sinclair (known as Belladonna), American pornographic actress
• Michelle Ray Smith, American actress
• Michelle Stephenson, English singer-songwriter, known as ex member of the Spice Girls
• Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
• Michelle Triola (1933–2009), American actress
• Michelle Wie, American golfer
• Michelle Williams (actress), American actress known for television series Dawson's Creek and her role in the film Brokeback Mountain
• Michelle Williams (singer) aka Tenitra Michelle Williams, American R&B artist from singing group Destiny's Child
• Michelle Wright, Canadian country music artist
• Michelle Yim, Hong Kong actress
• Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian born Hong Kong actress

As stage name

• Michel'le, hip hop artist in the 1980s and 1990s
• Michelle, German singer
• Michelle (Spanish singer)

As surname

• Candice Michelle, American model, actress and retired professional wrestler
• Cara Michelle, American Playmate-of-the-month and actress
• Vicki Michelle, British actress, best known for playing as Yvette Carte-Blanche from the British sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!

Fictional characters

• Michelle Chang, character in the Tekken (series).
• Michelle Dessler, character on the TV series, 24 (TV series)
• Michelle Dubois, character on the TV series, 'Allo 'Allo!
• Michelle Flaherty, character in the American Pie film series
• Michelle Fowler, a former regular on the soap opera EastEnders
• Michelle Kaioh (English dub of Michiru Kaioh), character from Sailor Moon
• Michelle Richardson, character on the TV series, Skins
• Michelle Scully, character on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Michelle Tanner, character on the TV series, Full House
• Michelle, a video game character from Grand Theft Auto IV

See also

• Michele
• Michela