First names in Hebrew

First name Michele: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

מיכאל

Gematria value: 101

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Michele is written מיכאל

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 Michele mean?

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

Michele, with one l, is an American spelling of Michelle, very common in the 1960s and 1970s (in Italian, Michele is a man's name, Michael). Michelle is the French feminine of Michel, which is Michael, a Hebrew name that is not a statement but a question: “Who is like God?”

Gematria

Michele = 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), Michele 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 Michele, 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

Michele, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Michele in three answers

How do you write Michele in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Michele is written מיכאל. Michele is a spelling of Michelle, feminine of Michael, מיכאל in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written מישל.

What is the gematria value of Michele?
Written מיכאל, Michele 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 Michele mean?
Who is like God? (origin: Hebrew). Michele, with one l, is an American spelling of Michelle, very common in the 1960s and 1970s (in Italian, Michele is a man's name, Michael). Michelle is the French feminine of Michel, which is Michael, a Hebrew name that is not a statement but a question: “Who is like God?”