Given name
Micheline
“who is like God?”
Micheline is a variant of Michelle. In French use, Michelle carries the interpretation “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Micheline is a variant of Michelle. In French use, Michelle carries the interpretation “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In French use, Micheline is a diminutive of Michael. An origin associated with Michael is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French use, Micheline is used as a diminutive of Michele.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Micheline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,266
- 0 boys · 1,266 girls
- Most popular year
- 1951
- 50 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 50 in 1951. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,185 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Micheline’s family of names
In French usage, Micheline is a diminutive of Michael. Micheline has a related form in Michelle. Micheline is a diminutive of Michele.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Micheline
- Micheline Calmy-Reymember of the Swiss Federal Councilborn 1945
- Micheline PresleFrench actress (1922–2024)
- Micheline OstermeyerFrench athlete and piano concertist (1922–2001)
- Michèle ArnaudFrench singer (1919–1998)
- Micheline BernardiniFrench dancerborn 1927
- Micheline LannoyBelgian figure skater1925–2023
- Estella BlainFrench actress and singer (1930–1982)
- Micheline FranceyFrench actress (1919–1969)
- Micheline DaxFrench actress (1924–2014)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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