Michele


title: "Michele" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["surnames", "french-feminine-given-names", "feminine-given-names", "english-feminine-given-names", "italian-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names", "english-language-surnames", "swiss-feminine-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/france" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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| | gender | Male (Italian) Female (English, French) | | language | Italian, English, French | | languageorigin | Italian, French, Hebrew | | origin | Hebrew via French | | meaning | Who is like God? | | region | Italy | | variant | Michèle | | related names | Michael, Michel, Michelle, Michelangelo, Mickey, Shelley | ::

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| gender = Male (Italian) Female (English, French) | language = Italian, English, French | languageorigin = Italian, French, Hebrew | origin = Hebrew via French | meaning = Who is like God? | region = Italy | variant = Michèle | related names = Michael, Michel, Michelle, Michelangelo, Mickey, Shelley | footnotes =

Michele () is an Italian male given name, akin to the English male name Michael.

Michele (usually pronounced ), is also an English female given name that is derived from the French Michèle. It is a variant spelling of the more common (and identically pronounced) name Michelle. Michele can also be a surname.

The names are ultimately derived from the Hebrew מִיכָאֵל, through the Greek Μιχαήλ and the Latin Michael meaning "Who is like God?".

Men with the given name Michele

Women with the given name Michele

Surname

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