Given name · also Latin
Mìcheal
“who is like God?”
Mìcheal is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Scottish Gaelic.
Original LatinMichael
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mìcheal goes back to Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl), meaning “who is like God?”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Mìcheal comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Michael, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, “who is like God?”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mìcheal’s family of names
In Scottish Gaelic usage, Mìcheal shares a linguistic root with the English form Micheal. In Scottish Gaelic usage, Mìcheal has a conventional equivalent in the English form Michael. In Scottish Gaelic usage, Mìcheal was borrowed from the Latin form Michael.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
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.
Similar names
If you love Mìcheal, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Michahel
“who is like God?”
>99% boys
Mickaël
“who” · “like”
>99% boys
Mikaa'el
“Who is like God?”
>99% boys
Michäas
“who is like Yahweh”
>99% boys
Michał
“who” · “like”
>99% boys
Miguel Ángel
“who” · “like”
>99% boys
Mikâil
Mikâil is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Turkish.
>99% boys
Mikayıl
Mikayıl is a masculine given name from Arabic, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Azerbaijani.
>99% boys