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Mikael

Mikael: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“who is like God?”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
mee-kah-EL · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys (95% of all uses)

Variant of Michael, from Hebrew Mikha'el. This spelling is especially used in Scandinavian, Slavic, and other European languages.

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How popular is Mikael?

202456.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Mikael in 2024187

2024 rank#1,131 boys

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18806,061

Mikael has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Mikael

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew
  • DanielGod is my judge · Hebrew

Mikael questions

What does the name Mikael mean?

Mikael means "who is like God?". It comes from Hebrew. Variant of Michael, from Hebrew Mikha'el. This spelling is especially used in Scandinavian, Slavic, and other European languages.

Is Mikael a boy or girl name?

Mikael is mainly a boy's name in US records (95% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Mikael?

187 US babies were named Mikael in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Mikael?

Mikael is usually pronounced mee-kah-EL.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.