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Where does “michelle” come from?

michelle (English) comes from French Michelle, from French Michel, from Middle English michel, from Old French Michel, from Latin Michāēl, from Latin Michahel, from Greek Μιχαήλ, from Ancient Greek Μιχαήλ.

Ancestry of “michelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchMichelle—
2FrenchMichelMichael
3Middle Englishmichel—
4Old FrenchMichel—
5LatinMichāēl—
6LatinMichahel—
7GreekΜιχαήλ—
8Ancient GreekΜιχαήλ—
9Hebrewמיכאלwho is like God?
10Hebrewאֵלa God; God, deity; god, God
11Hebrewשמואל—
12Hebrewשְׁמוּאֵל—
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