Michele

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Michael in US United States, GB United Kingdom, DE Germany and 15 more, Михаил in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye, Mikael in FI Finland, SE Sweden and Михайло in UA Ukraine.

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

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Michele is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name328K records spelled Michele7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Michèle, Mi-Chele, Miche-Le, Michéle, Michelè

• Swahili given name16K records spelled Michele4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Kenya

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Michéle, Michelé

• Greek given name6.9K records spelled Michele8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written Mikele, Michèle, Michelē, Μιχέλε, Μικέλε

86 further groups 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.

Other recorded senses●

Michele is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, from the personal name Michele, Italian equivalent of Michael.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In French, Origine hébraïque, signifie « comme Dieu ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In Italian, Ebraico: 'chi è uguale a Dio?'; festa il 29 settembre.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, dall’ebr. Mi ka’el, ‘chi è come Dio?’

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Ebraico - . N clii uguale a Dio? n. 29 settembre. Xolti cognomi di derivazione evidente. In Friuli Zicél. Xicelés, Micelin. Cogn. Micelli, Michelés, >lichelesio, Micés, Micesio, Michelizza. In Cella, Celotti qualche probabiliti per altri nomi (Marc:ello, ecc.). Veneti: Chelini, Chelotti, -lucci. Chelii. Italia meridionale: Miceli.

  as a name·Nomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 116 years between 1905–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Michele Morosinib. 1308ITDoge of Venice (1308-1382)
• Mikael Agricolab. 1508SEnot in their usual nameFinnish clergyman and de facto founder of literary Finnish (ca 1510-1557)
• Giacomo Puccinib. 1858ITnot in their usual nameItalian opera composer (1858–1924)
• Michele Leeb. 1942USAmerican actress
• Michele Placidob. 1946ITItalian actor and film director
• Michele Marshb. 1946USAmerican actress
• Michele Bachmannb. 1956USAmerican politician (born 1956)
• Michele Soavib. 1957ITItalian actor
• Lea Micheleb. 1986USAmerican actress and singer
• Michele Morrone Algoesb. 1990ITItalian actor, singer, and fashion designer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,246 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Michele?

We estimate roughly 6.3 million people bear Michele (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Michele have the most bearers?

Michele is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled михаил.

How common is Michele compared with other names?

In Russia, Michele is the 21st most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Michele a male or female name?

Michele 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.

What does the name Michele mean?

Recorded meaning: Italian/French feminine form of Michael, from Hebrew Mikha'el