Given name
Micheil
“who is like God?”
Micheil is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Micheil is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Micheil is a variant of Michael. An origin associated with Michael is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Micheil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 61
- 61 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 8 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 7 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1986.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Micheil’s family of names
Micheil has a related form in Michael.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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