Given name & surname
Mich
“who is like God?”
Mich is a feminine given name. It is used in English and Polish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mich is a diminutive of Michelle. Michelle goes back to Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mikhaél), meaning “who is like God?”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Mich is a diminutive of Michelle. Michelle comes from French, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Mich is a diminutive of Michelle.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mich through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 430 as a first name in 2020; 484 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mich’s family of names
In English usage, Mich is a diminutive of Michelle. In Old Czech usage, Mich has a diminutive in MICHEK. In Polish usage, Mich is a diminutive of MIŁOSŁAW.
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Around the world
Mich has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Mich
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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