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Mikel

Mikel: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“who is like God?”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
mee-KEL · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (92% of all uses)

Form of Michael used in Basque and also found in Spanish-language contexts. Michael ultimately comes from Hebrew Mikha'el.

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How popular is Mikel?

202427.0 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 Mikel in 202491

2024 rank#1,788 boys

Peak year1989

Total US babies since 188012,471

Mikel has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Mikel

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

Mikel questions

What does the name Mikel mean?

Mikel means "who is like God?". It comes from Hebrew. Form of Michael used in Basque and also found in Spanish-language contexts. Michael ultimately comes from Hebrew Mikha'el.

Is Mikel a boy or girl name?

Mikel is mainly a boy's name in US records (92% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Mikel?

91 US babies were named Mikel in 2024. Its peak year was 1989.

How do you pronounce Mikel?

Mikel is usually pronounced mee-KEL.

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.