Given name · Arabic
ميخائيل
ميخائيل (mīḵāʔīl) is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: miẖa'il.
Meaning & origin
ميخائيل’s family of names
In Arabic usage, ميخائيل has a conventional equivalent in the French form Michel. In Arabic usage, ميخائيل has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Michał. In Arabic usage, ميخائيل has a transliteration in miẖa'il.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
ميخائيل has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
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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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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