Shell name - Meaning of Shell
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- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 2
- Usage
- English, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- SHEL
- Shell Meaning
- Short form of Michelle or Shelley. It can also be simply from the English word shell (ultimately from Old English sciell). Shell is a diminutive of Michelle. Michelle originates in Hebrew language. It is a French feminine form of Michel, which is a French form of Michael. It used to be extremely popular only in France at first, in the English-speaking countries it has been popular since the 1940s. The name Michel is ultimately derived from Hebrew and means "which man is like God?", which is a rhetorical question suggesting a negative answer. Michelle can also be used as a surname.
Shell Related Names
Variants: Chelle, Michelyne, Shel
Other Languages: Mihaela (Croatian), Michaela, Michala (Czech), Mikaela, Mikkeline (Danish), Michelle (Dutch), Mikaela (Finnish), Michèle, Michelle, Micheline (French), Michaela (German), Micaela, Michela, Michelina (Italian), Mihaela, Mihaila (Macedonian), Mikaela (Norwegian), Michalina (Polish), Micaela, Miguela (Portuguese), Mihaela (Romanian), Michaela (Slovak), Mihaela (Slovene), Micaela, Miguela (Spanish), Michaela, Mikaela (Swedish), Mykhaila (Ukrainian)