Micheĺ

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Micheĺ is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country, where it is the 8th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Old French Michel, Old English Michahel, and their source Latin Michaēl, Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 225(inferred from the name graph)
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 281
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 466

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈300,000 people, est.

#816 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
465 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 225 (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MicheĺLatin(measured from records)
ΜισέλGreek(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Michel in FR France, CA Canada, BE Belgium and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Micheĺ: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Micheĺ
  1. Old FrenchMichel(measured from records)
  2. Biblical Hebrewמִיכָאֵלmîḵāʾēl“who is like God?”(measured from records)

From Old French Michel, Old English Michahel, and their source Latin Michaēl, Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).

Sources 9

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary
  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Micheĺ counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Micheĺ is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France#8≈300,000 est.≈1 in 225821KMichel465
BR Brazil—78,6541 in 2.7K79K—4
CN China—≈75,000 est.≈1 in 19K—Michel28
CM Cameroon#11≈59,000 est.≈1 in 466—Michel62
BE Belgium#10≈42,000 est.≈1 in 2815.7KMichel202
CA Canada#200≈39,000 est.≈1 in 9571Michel275
CH Switzerland#62≈14,000 est.≈1 in 6176.5KMichel148

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Micheĺ is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name48 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Netherlands, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Michel, Michél, Michèl, Miche'L, Míchel

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Micheĺ under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Micheĺ mean, and where does it come from?
From Old French Michel, Old English Michahel, and their source Latin Michaēl, Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of American Family Names and 7 other sources.
Is Micheĺ a male or female name?
Micheĺ is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Micheĺ have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 301 thousand people named Micheĺ in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled michel.
How common is the name Micheĺ?
In Brazil, the national register counted 78,654 people named Micheĺ in 2022, about 1 in 2.7 thousand residents.
How common is Micheĺ compared with other names?
In France, Micheĺ is the 8th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Micheĺ” — the 8th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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