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 [ 2 syll. mic-hel, mi-ch-el ] The boy name Michel is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is MIHSHEHL, MIHCHahL, or MAYKahL KEY. Michel is used predominantly in the Czech, French, and German languages, and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Michel is a variant of the name Michael (Czech, English, German, and Yiddish). See also the related forms, Jean-Michel (French) and Mitchell (English). Michel is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1957 with 0.013% of baby boys being given the name Michel. It ranked at #458 then. The baby name has since substantially fallen in popularity, and is currently of sporadic use. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Michel, Michael (Czech, English, German, and Yiddish) was the most widely used. Michel has mostly been a boy name in the past century. Baby names that sound like Michel include Michael (Czech, English, German, and Yiddish), Michal (Czech and Polish), Micheal (English and Scottish), Michele (Italian), Mitchel (English), Mitchell (English), Mìcheal (Scottish), Mícheál (Irish), Mykal (English), Macawlay (English), Maxwell (English and Scottish), Meical (Welsh), Micael (Portuguese), Mical (English), Michail (Greek and Russian), Michale (English), Micheil (Scottish), Michiel (English), Mickaël (French), and Mickel (English and Scandinavian). KEY: English pronunciation for Michel: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
