Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Michale isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Michale through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,618
- 3,274 boys · 344 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 96 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 85 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,410 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.
Michale’s family of names
In English usage, Michale has a conventional equivalent in the German form Michael. In Greek usage, Michale as a surname is a transliteration of Μιχαλέ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Michale
- Michale KyserAmerican basketball player (born 1991)
- Michale BoganimFrench screenwriter and film directorborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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