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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. Masculine given name For a list of people with the given name, see List of people with given name Michael. For other uses, see Michael (disambiguation). Michael Archangel Michael Pronunciation German: [ˈmɪçaːʔeːl, -ʔɛl] Gender Male Origin Word/name Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל ...
This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.
The name is particularly common in French (from where the standard English pronunciation is derived), German (already in Middle High German), Dutch, and Afrikaans. In these instances Michel is equivalent to the English personal name Michael, although in Dutch the name Michaël is also common. Mitxel is the Basque form of Michael.
Michael, Michel, Michelle, Michelangelo, Mickey, Shelley Michele ( pronounced [miˈkɛːle] ) is an Italian male given name, akin to the English male name Michael . Michele (usually pronounced / m ɪ ˈ ʃ ɛ l / mish- EL ), is also an English female given name that is derived from the French Michèle .
Throughout Wikipedia, the pronunciation of words is indicated using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The following tables list the IPA symbols used for English words and pronunciations. Please note that several of these symbols are used in ways that are specific to Wikipedia, and differ from those used by dictionaries.
Words in this category may therefore have ended up with a variety of pronunciations in modern standard English: /æ/ (where the short A pronunciation survived), /ɑː/ (where the pronunciation with lengthened A was adopted), /ɔː/ (where the normal development of the AU diphthong was followed), and /eɪ/ (where the A was lengthened before the ...
Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael"
Mícheál Ó hAirtnéide, the Irish name of Michael Hartnett (1941–1999), Irish poet; Mícheál Ó hAodha (born 1969), Irish poet and writer; Mícheál Ó hEidhin, Irish musician and teacher; Mícheál Ó hEithir, the Irish name of Michael O'Hehir (1920–1996), Irish sports commentator and journalist; Mícheál O'Higgins, Irish judge and lawyer