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Михаилъ
“who”·“like”·“God”
Михаилъ (Mixailŭ) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Old Church Slavonic.
cuWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Mixailŭ.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Михаилъ is built from elements meaning “who” and “like” and “God”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Михаилъ comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Μιχαήλ, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl), built from Biblical Hebrew מִי (mí, “who”) + כַּ־ (ka-, “like”) + אֵל (él, “God”).
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Михаилъ’s family of names
Михаилъ shares a linguistic root with the Ukrainian form Михайло. Михаилъ can be written in the Roman alphabet as Mixailŭ. Михаилъ has a later derivative in Mihai.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Михаилъ has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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