Given name & surname
Micael
“who is like God?”
Micael is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Micael is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Micael is a variant of Michael. An origin associated with Michael is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Latin Michaēl, from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Micael through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 731
- 731 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,426 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,426 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,037 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Micael’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Micael has a diminutive in Mika. In Portuguese usage, Micael shares an earlier linguistic root with Miguel. Micael has a related form in Michael.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Micael has relatives in 10 languages.
14 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Migueldoublet · Portuguese
- MikaelGerman
- Micaelafeminine form
- Micheldoublet · Portuguese
- Maicoldoublet · Portuguese
- Miquelequivalent
- Maicondoublet · Portuguese
- MichaëlFrench
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Micael
- Mikkey DeeSwedish drummerborn 1963
- Micael BorgesBrazilian actorborn 1988
- MicaelBrazilian footballerborn 2000
- Micael DahlénSwedish professor in marketingborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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Sibling ideas
Names that share Micael’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.
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