Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Michel m

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Male Male Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Michel f for the female version.

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

1) French form of Michael [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

2) Creative spelling of Mickel (see Mikkel) [6] [7] [8]

3) South German pet form of Michael [1]

Related Names

Michel ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Michél ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Swedish
Michéle ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Swedish
Michell ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Norwegian Swedish
Michéll ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Swedish
Michelle ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Swedish

For female forms see Michelle f

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Michelsen Denmark Norway
Michelson Norway Sweden
Michelssen Norway
Michelsson Norway Sweden
Michelssøn Norway Old Swedish
Michelsøn Norway

Female

Micheldatter Norway
Michelsdatter Denmark Norway
Michelsdotter Norway

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Michel
Genitive: Michels
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Michel
Genitive: Michelin
Partitive: Micheliä
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Michel
Genitive: Michels
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Michel
Genitive: Michels

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Michel has been used as the main character name for the German translation of Astrid Lindgren's book Emil i Lönneberga, despite the name not being commonly used in Sweden and historically not at all in the Region of Småland (see below).

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[12]
1539 2864 15 80 1524 2784
Denmark Denmark[13]
648
n.a.
 29
n.a.
 619
n.a.
Finland Finland[14]
n.a.
 868
n.a.
 17
n.a.
 851
Norway Norway[15]
197
n.a.
 8
n.a.
 189
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[16]
6 17
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[17]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Statistics as male name

Recent statistics trend[12][13][15][14]:Name statistics for Michel (m)

Sources: [12] [13] [15] [14]

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Michel (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Michel (m)


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  6. ↑ Svenska medeltida personnamn, Institutet för språk och folkminnen, http://www.sprakochfolkminnen.se/
  7. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Sydvestjysk navneskik gennem 300 år (1965)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Navnemode og modenavne (1993)
  9. ↑ Niels Cl. Hansen: Bøndernavnene i Ribe Amt i 16. Århundrede (1933)
  10. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  11. ↑ © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  16. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  17. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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