Given name & surname · also Latin
Michał
“who”·“like”·“God”
Michał is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Polish.
Original LatinMichael
Meaning & origin
What it means
Michał is built from elements meaning “who” and “like” and “God”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Michał comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Michaēl, from Koine Greek Μῐχᾱήλ, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl), built from Biblical Hebrew מִי (mí, “who”) + כַּ־ (ka-, “like”) + אֵל (él, “God”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Michał’s family of names
In Polish usage, Michał has a diminutive in Michałek. In Polish usage, Michał shares a linguistic root with the Ukrainian form Михайло. In Polish usage, Michał has a conventional equivalent in the English form Michael.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Michał has relatives in 47 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Michał comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 71
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MiguelSpanish, Galician
- MikaelFinnish, Danish
- MikaGreenlandic
- MikeEnglish
- Mikhailequivalent
- MikelBasque
- MikkoFinnish
- MichalCzech, Slovak
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- MikailTurkish
- MichelFrench, Dutch
- MicheleItalian
- MikkelSwedish, Norwegian Nynorsk
- Mykhailoequivalent
- MickaelSwedish
- Mitchelequivalent
- Michalinahas masculine form
- MihaiRomanian
- Mayconequivalent
- Mykolasequivalent
- Michailequivalent
- MikalaHawaiian
- MihaelCroatian, Slovene
- MihaSlovene
- MichielDutch
- MikielMaltese
- MikolasLithuanian
- MiquelCatalan
- Michaiłequivalent
- Michasequivalent
- Михалcognate · rsk
- Михайлоcognate · Ukrainian
- ΜιχαήλGreek, gr
- MichaëlFrench, Dutch
- Mickaëlequivalent
- Mikaeloequivalent
- Mihangelequivalent
- Mikhaïlequivalent
- Mikkeliequivalent
- Mihkelequivalent
- ミハウJapanese
- MícéalIrish
- MícheálIrish
- מיכאלHebrew
- მიხეილიGeorgian
- MikaaliGreenlandic
- MiikaelEstonian
- MiĥaeloEsperanto
- MikeloEsperanto
- MihovilCroatian
- 米迦勒Chinese
- Migangelbzt
- МіхалBelarusian
- МіхаілBelarusian
- MitxelBasque
- ميكائيلArabic
- ميخائيلArabic
- Mychułwym
- Myhułwym
- MihályHungarian
- MeicalWelsh
And 11 more.
People named Michał
- Michał Korybut WiśniowieckiKing of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1669-1673)1640–1673
- Michał PazdanPolish association football playerborn 1987
- Michał ŻewłakowPolish association football playerborn 1976
- Michał SkóraśPolish association football playerborn 2000
- Michał KwiatkowskiPolish road racing cyclistborn 1990
- Michał KaleckiPolish economist (1899–1970)
- Michał SzpakPolish singerborn 1990
- Michał Kleofas OgińskiPolish composer, diplomat and politician (1765-1833)
- Michał HellerPolish philosopher, theologian, theoretical physicist and Roman Catholic priestborn 1936
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Michał, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Michäas
“who is like Yahweh”
>99% boys
Micheál
“who is like God?”
>99% boys
Mìcheal
“who is like God?”
>99% boys
Mác-ta
“mistress, lady”
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Mikneiah
“acquired through Yah”
>99% boys
Michahel
“who is like God?”
>99% boys
Mikâil
Mikâil is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Turkish.
>99% boys
Mikaa'el
“Who is like God?”
>99% boys