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Μιχαήλ
“Who is like God?”
Μιχαήλ (Mĭkhāḗl) is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew, meaning “Who is like God?” It is used in Greek, Alanic, and Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and Greek and xlnWritten in Greek script. In English: Michael.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl, “Who is like God?”), built from Biblical Hebrew מִי (mí, “who”) + כַּ־ (ka-, “like”) + אֵל (él, “God”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Μιχαήλ’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Μιχαήλ has a later derivative in Michael. In Greek usage, Μιχαήλ has a conventional equivalent in the French form Michel. In Ancient Greek usage, Μιχαήλ has a conventional equivalent in the English form Michael.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Μιχαήλ has relatives in 43 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
37 related names in 43 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 45
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Michaelderivative · English, German
- Miguelderivative · Spanish, ceb
- Mikaeladerivative · Norwegian Bokmål
- Mikaelderivative · Norwegian Bokmål, Finnish
- Mikhailequivalent
- MikkoFinnish
- MichalCzech, Slovak
- MichelFrench
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- Michelederivative · Italian
- MicaelPortuguese
- Mihailequivalent
- MihajloCroatian
- Mihaiderivative · Romanian
- Mykolasderivative · Lithuanian
- MihaelSlovene
- MichielDutch
- MikielMaltese
- MiquelCatalan
- Μίσσαςequivalent
- Mikisequivalent
- Michalakisequivalent
- Μίκηςequivalent
- Lakisequivalent
- Missasequivalent
- Michaiłequivalent
- Михалderivative · rsk
- Mikkeliderivative · izh
- Михайлоderivative · Ukrainian, rsk
- MichałPolish
- MichaëlFrench
- Mëhillderivative · Albanian
- Mhillderivative · Albanian
- Michalisequivalent
- Μιχαλάκηςequivalent
- Λάκηςequivalent
- МихајлоSerbian
- MihályHungarian
- MiķelisLatvian
- MicheálIrish
- MiĥaeloEsperanto
- MiikaelEstonian
- מיכאלHebrew
- მიხეილიGeorgian
- ՄիքայելArmenian
- ميكائيلArabic
People named Μιχαήλ
- Michael IIIByzantine emperor from 842 to 867840–867
- Michael I RangabeByzantine emperor770–844
- Michael IIByzantine emperor770–829
- Michael VII DoukasByzantine emperor1050–1078
- Michael Psellos11th-century Byzantine monk, writer and court official1018–1078
- Michael V KalaphatesByzantine emperor1015–1042
- Michael IX PalaiologosByzantine co-emperor1277–1320
- Michael IV the PaphlagonianByzantine emperor1010–1041
- Michael VI BringasByzantine emperor995–1059
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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