Given name · also Latin
Michahel
“who is like God?”
Michahel is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Michahel goes back to Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl), meaning “who is like God?”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Michahel comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Michāhēl, from Latin Michāēl, from Koine Greek Μῐχᾱήλ, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl, “who is like God?”), built from Biblical Hebrew מִי (mí, “who”) + כַּ־ (ka-, “like”) + אֵל (él, “God”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Michahel’s family of names
In Old English usage, Michahel has a later derivative in Michael.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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