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Michelle is a given name, originally the French feminine form of Michel, the French form of Michael. It is now extensively used in English-speaking as well as French-speaking countries.

People with Michelle as a given name

• Michel'le, hip hop artist in the 1980s and 1990s
• Michelle Andrews, Australian field hockey midfielder
• Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile
• Michelle Branch, American singer
• Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, CNBC reporter
• Michelle Chandler, Australian basketball player
• Michelle Cliff, author
• Michelle Forbes, actress
• Michelle Hunziker, Swiss fashion model
• Michelle Kwan, professional American figure skater
• Michelle Larcher de Brito, a tennis player in Portugal
• Michelle Leslie, Australian model
• Michelle Madhok, CEO of White Cat Media LLC
• Michelle Malkin, columnist
• Michelle McManus, Scottish pop singer who won Pop Idol
• Michelle Marsh, Page Three girl
• Michelle McCool, WWE professional wrestler
• Michelle McLean, former Miss Universe 1992 from Namibia
• Michelle Monaghan, actress
• Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States
• 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 Ruff, American voice actress
• Michelle Ryan, British actress
• Michelle Sawatzky, Canadian volleyball player
• Michelle Stephenson, British singer-songwriter, known as ex member of Spice Girls
• Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
• Michelle Triola (1933-2009), American actress
• Michelle Wie, Korean-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

... with Michelle as a surname

• Candice Michelle, American model and WWE professional wrestler
• Cara Michelle, American Playmate-of-the-month and actress

Fictional

• 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 franchise
• Michelle Richardson, character on the TV series, Skins
• Michelle Tanner, character on the TV series, Full House
• Michelle Kaioh (English dub of Michiru Kaioh), character from Sailor Moon

Other

• Hurricane Michelle, powerful 2001 Atlantic tropical storm
• Michelle (song), a 1965 song by The Beatles
• My Michelle, a song by Guns 'n' Roses

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Alternative spellings

• Michele

Etymology

From the the French feminine form of Michael, Hebrew מיכאל (mikhál), meaning who is like God.

Proper noun

Michelle

1. A female given name , popular from the 1960s to the 1990s.
   • 1965: John Lennon-Paul McCartney: Michelle ( a Beatles song)

     Michelle ma belle

     These are words that go together well

     My Michelle.

Translations

• see Michaela

Danish

Proper noun

Michelle

1. A female given name recently borrowed from French.

French

Alternative spellings

• Michèle

Proper noun

Michelle f.

1. A female given name, the feminine form of Michel ( =Michael), with the latest popularity peak in the 1940s.

German

Proper noun

Michelle

1. A female given name recently borrowed from French.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Michelle

1. A female given name recently borrowed from French.

Swedish

Proper noun

Michelle

1. A female given name recently borrowed from French.