Gender: Masculine
Pronounced: /MIE-kəl / (English)
From the Hebrew name /Mikha'el/ meaning "who is like God?". This is a rhetorical question, implying no person is like God. Saint Michael was one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition and the only one identified as an archangel in the Bible. In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament he is portrayed as the leader of heaven's armies, and thus is considered the patron saint of soldiers.
Gender: Feminine
Pronounced: /iz-ə-BEL-ə/ (English)
Latinate form of ISABEL. A notable bearer of the name was the powerful ruling queen Isabella of Castile, who sponsored the explorations of Christopher Columbus.
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