MICHELE
mee-KEH-leh
A feminine form of Michael/Michel meaning “who is like God?” or “Godlike.”
Meaning
Michele is the feminine form of Michel/Michael in the excerpted name books. The Hebrew root is given as meaning “who is like to God,” and one source also glosses it as “Godlike.” In usage, the name is strongly associated with the Michael family of angel-names and appears in Italian and French forms.
Origin
HebrewItalianFrenchfeminine
Fun fact
One excerpt explicitly notes Michele as the feminine of Michel, “one of the angel-names.”