Given name & surname

Michelli

Michelli is a surname from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.

Original ItalianMicheli

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Michelli comes from Italian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Italian Michelli.

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The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Michelli through the years

Babies since 1880
18
0 boys · 18 girls
Most popular year
1974
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0246198020002025Highest share 19740.0
Michelli in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1970–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 113 as a first name in 2020; 543 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Michelli’s family of names

In Italian usage, Michelli as a surname has a related form in MICHELI. In Greek usage, Michelli as a surname is a transliteration of Μιχέλλη. In Greek usage, Michelli as a surname is a transliteration of Μιχελλή.

Walk Michelli’s family in the name graph

MichelliΜιχελλήΜιχέλληMicheli

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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