Given name · Arabic
ميكائيل
ميكائيل (mīkāʔīl) is a masculine given name from Classical Syriac, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: mīkā'īl.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
ميكائيل comes from Classical Syriac, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Classical Syriac ܡܝܟܐܝܠ (mīḵāʾēl), from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
ميكائيل’s family of names
In Arabic usage, ميكائيل has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Michał. In Arabic usage, ميكائيل has a transliteration in mīkā'īl.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
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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