First names in Hebrew

First name Michel: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

מיכאל

Gematria value: 101

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Michel is written מיכאל

RecommendedמיכאלThe original spellingMichel is the French form of Michael, מיכאל in Hebrew.Value: 101

מישלAs it sounds in EnglishThe Hebrew letters that transcribe the sound of your name: for a book that reads this sound rather than the origin of the name.Value: 380

For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.

Meaning and origin

What does Michel mean?

Meaning: "Who is like God?"
Origin: Hebrew

Michel is the French form of Michael, one of the most given names in France in the twentieth century, and familiar in America through French and Jewish families. Michael is a Hebrew name that is not a statement but a question: “Who is like God?”

Gematria

Michel = 101

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. מיכאל has 5 letters:

מthe letter Mem40
יthe letter Yod10
כthe letter Kaf20
אthe letter Aleph1
לthe letter Lamed30
Total101

Written מישל (as it sounds in English), Michel is worth 380.

The verse of the name

From the letter Mem to the letter Lamed

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Michel, from מ to ל:

מַה־טֹּבוּ אֹהָלֶיךָ יַעֲקֹב מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

“How good are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel!”

Numbers 24:5

The book of your first name

Michel, in nine pages

Michel, in Hebrew
Letter by letter
The number of your name
The verse of your name
The portrait of Michel
Michel, day to day
What tradition says about names
The sources

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Frequently asked

Michel in three answers

How do you write Michel in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Michel is written מיכאל. Michel is the French form of Michael, מיכאל in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written מישל.

What is the gematria value of Michel?
Written מיכאל, Michel is worth 101: the letter Mem (40) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Kaf (20) + the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Lamed (30). Written מישל (as it sounds in English), it is worth 380.

What does Michel mean?
Who is like God? (origin: Hebrew). Michel is the French form of Michael, one of the most given names in France in the twentieth century, and familiar in America through French and Jewish families. Michael is a Hebrew name that is not a statement but a question: “Who is like God?”

A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).