Mishel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mih-SHEL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Mishel is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Mishel mean?
Hebrew: phonetic spelling of Michelle, the French feminine of Michael
“who is like God”
Is Mishel a girl's or a boy's name?
Mishel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mishel in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mishel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mishel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Mishel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Mishel, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Mishel than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Mishel in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mishel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Mishel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya Safa Zainab Maya Maryam Mia Ayah Ayla Summer Ava Mali Hafsa
Names related to Mishel
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mishel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mishel, updated 20 October 2026.