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Михаил
“Who is like God?”
Михаил (Mixaíl) is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Russian and Macedonian.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Michael.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Михаил goes back to Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mikha'él), meaning “Who is like God?”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Михаил comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Church Slavonic Михаилъ, from Koine Greek Μιχαήλ, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mikha'él, “Who is like God?”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Михаил’s family of names
In English usage, Михаил has an affectionate form in Misha. In Bulgarian usage, Михаил has a conventional equivalent in the English form Michael. In Bulgarian usage, Михаил has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Michele.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Михаил has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
17 related names in 13 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MichaelEnglish, German
- MiguelSpanish
- Mikaelequivalent
- Mikaequivalent
- Mikhailequivalent
- Mikkoequivalent
- Michalequivalent
- Mikailequivalent
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- MichelFrench
- MicheleItalian
- Mykhailoequivalent
- Mitchelequivalent
- Mihaiequivalent
- Mayconequivalent
- Mihaelequivalent
- Michailequivalent
- Mykolasequivalent
- Miquelequivalent
- Michielequivalent
- Mihailsequivalent
- Mikaeloequivalent
- Mihangelequivalent
- Mikhaïlequivalent
- Mihkelequivalent
- Միքայելequivalent
- Michaiłequivalent
- מיכאלequivalent
- Міхаілequivalent
- Michasequivalent
- MichałPolish
- MichaëlFrench
- Mickaëlequivalent
- Mihályequivalent
- Mihhailequivalent
- Михаилъsource · cu
See also 15
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Михаил
- Mikhail Gorbachevleader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
- Mikhail BakuninRussian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher (1814–1876)
- Mikhail LermontovRussian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)
- Mikhail BulgakovRussian author (1891–1940)
- Mikhail SholokhovSoviet writer (1905-1984)
- Mikhail LomonosovRussian polymath (1711-1765)
- Mikhail KalashnikovSoviet and Russian small arms designer (1919–2013)
- Mikhail MishustinRussian politician; Prime Minister of the Russian Federationborn 1966
- Mikhail BotvinnikSoviet chess player1911–1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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