Michelina

Where Michelina comes from

From Italian Michelina, from Michele (“Michael”) + -ina (feminine diminutive suffix).
— Wiktionary's entry for Michelina
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1300
    Michelina of Pesaro born
    Italian Franciscan tertiary, mystic, blessed of the Catholic Church
  2. 1841
    Michelina De Cesare born
    Italian brigand
  3. 1903
    First appearance
    #1,792 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1917
    Peak, #964
    52 babies named Michelina — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1934
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,556.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Michelina De Cesare · Italian brigand, 1841–1868
  • Michelina of Pesaro · Italian Franciscan tertiary, mystic, blessed of the Catholic Church, 1300–1356

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.