Baby name
Michel
/mee · SHELL/
Meaning
“Who is like God”
French form of Michael, from Hebrew meaning who is like God; the standard masculine form across France and French-speaking Belgium.
How it ages.
Quintessentially French; elegant and understated, aging better than the English Michael.
The cultural moment.
Top 10 in France from the 1940s through 1970s; now classic rather than fashionable.