| Group info: | | Meaning/translation: | Who is like God? |
| Language of origin: | Hebrew |
| Info about origin, male: | in the Old Testament Michael is one of the four archangels |
| | Michael is the patron saint of Germany |
| Words: | miy = who (question: which person?) Hebrew |
| | el = God, the powerful Hebrew |
| Topics: | Old Testament |
| Variants' top ranks: | 1:Miguel Brazil official 2023, 1:Michael Switzerland 1994, 1:Mikkel Denmark 2009, 2:Michel France 2011, 2:Michelle Switzerland/German 1999, 3:Michal Slovakia 2020, 4:Mikhail Moscow 2014, 4:Mikaere New Zealand/Maori 2023, 4:Mikaela Puerto Rico 2016, 5:Mihai Romania 2014 |
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| Name variants: All variants, grouped by language of use | | Language | Female Variants | Male Variants |
| German | Michaela, Michelle | Maik, Meik, Micha, Michael, Michel, Mischa |
| Scandinavian | Mikaela | Mikael, Mikkel |
| Dutch | Michaela | Michaël, Michiel |
| Portuguese | | Maicon, Micael, Miguel |
| English | Makala, Makayla, Mckayla, Micayla, Michael, Michaela, Michele, Michella, Michelle, Mikaila, Mikalah | Makai, Michael, Micheal, Mick, Mickey, Mikal, Mike, Mikel, Misha |
| French | Michèle, Micheline, Michelle | Michel, Mickaël |
| Italian | Micaela, Michela | Michele |
| Spanish | Micaela, Miguela | Miguel |
| Slavic | | Michal |
| Irish | | Mícheál |
| Czech | | Michal |
| Scottish | | Mìcheal |
| Malay | | Mikhail |
| Indian | | Mikayl |
| Slovenian | | Miha, Mihael |
| Hungarian | | Mihály |
| Romanian | Mihaela | Mihai, Mihail |
| Bulgarian | Mihaila | |
| Maltese | Makaila, Mikela | |
| Polish | Michalina | |
| Greek | | Michaíl |
| Russian | Mikayla | Michail, Mikail, Mikhail, Mischa, Misha |
| Finnish | Mikka | Mika, Mikko |
| Armenian | | Miqayel |
| Icelandic | | Mikkael |
| Maori | | Mikaere |
| Hawaii | Mikala | |
| Hebrew | | Mikhael |
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| Name variants: 25 female and 43 male name variants, sorted by name and gender | |
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