Michelene
Feminine
Michelene adds an ending to a name that already had one. The archangel behind it has his most famous building on a rock in a bay where the sea comes and goes at a speed that has killed people.
How old is the name Michelene?
Michelene first appears in US birth records in 1939 — 86 years ago. The typical Michelene alive today was born around 1960, making them about 65 years old. About 600 people named Michelene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Michelene most popular?
Michelene peaked in 1950, reaching #1626 nationally. See the whole 1950 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Michelene
Mont-Saint-Michel sits on a granite outcrop in a bay with one of the largest tidal ranges in Europe. At low water it stands in sand you can walk across; at high water it is an island. The tide moves fast enough across the flats that the old warnings about it outrunning a galloping horse are an exaggeration of something true, and the sands have quicksand in them. The abbey was built on top over several centuries, each level supporting the next, and it was reached on foot until a causeway was built. The causeway silted the bay, so a century later it was replaced with a bridge to let the water move again.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Hebrew name behind Michel is documented and its sense is well known. This double-suffixed form is not recorded in French or in English, and no reason for it has been given.
Pronouncing Michelene
MISH-uh-leen
Three syllables with the stress in front. The French Micheline puts the weight at the end instead.
Nicknames for Michelene
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1939
- Most girls named
- 195033 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1626reached in 1950
- Change vs 1994
- −28.6%5 in 1998, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Michelene in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Micheline in French — related form
Michelenes among us
people named Michelene are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Michelene sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Mickey is available as a short form and works for a child of either sex.
- The name behind it is ancient and understood everywhere without explanation.
- Three syllables with a clear stress carry well across a room.
- Micheline and Michelene will be confused by anybody who knows the French name.
- It is close enough to Michelle in speech to be heard as it constantly.
- No origin is documented for this form, so the meaning question belongs to the shorter name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Michelenes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Michelene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Michelene in 2025?
- Michelene is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Michelene with classmates?
- Michelene will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More M names
The most-given names starting with M, all years combined.
Mary#125 · Margaret#112 · Michelle#465 · Melissa#419 · Maria#87 · Martha#712 · Marie#617 · Mildred#1962
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