Given name
Miķelis
“who is like God?”
Miķelis is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Miķelis goes back to Latin Michael, meaning “who is like God?”
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How it developed
From Latin Michael, from Ancient Greek Μιχαήλ, from Hebrew מיכאל.
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Miķelis’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Miķelis has a conventional equivalent in the English form Michael. In Latvian usage, Miķelis has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Michele. In Latvian usage, Miķelis has a conventional equivalent in the French form Michel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Miķelis has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
7 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Miķelis
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