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Michael is a common masculine given name derived from the Hebrew phrase מי כאל mī kāʼēl, 'Who [is] like-El', in Aramaic: ܡܝܟܐܝܠ (Mīkhāʼēl [miχaˈʔel]). The theophoric name is often read as a rhetorical question – "Who [is] like [the Hebrew God] El ?", [ 1 ] whose answer is "there is none like El", or "there is none as ...
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.
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).
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 .
Michael (2011 Indian film), a psychological thriller film directed by Ribhu Dasgupta; I Am Michael (working title Michael), a 2015 American film by Justin Kelly; Mikhael, a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language film; Michael, a 2023 action film directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi; Michael, a biopic based on the life and career of Michael Jackson
Michelle is a given name, originally a variant of Michèle, the French feminine form of Michel, derived from the Hebrew name Michael meaning "Who is like God?". [3] The usual Latin feminine form of the name was Michaela, with Michael the vernacular form for both men and women.
Misha (Миша) is a diminutive of the Russian name Mikhail (Михаил). [1] A hypocoristic of Michael, its English-language equivalent would be Mike and Mick.Sometimes it is used as a female name, mostly by non-Russians; the feminine Russian name Mikhaila exists but is rare.
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