Given name & surname
Michi
“who is like God?”·“child of beautiful wisdom”
In German use, Michi is a short form of Michaela. In Celtic, Hebrew, English use, Michaela carries the interpretation “who is like God?.” Michi is a variant of Michiko. One Japanese interpretation is “child of beautiful wisdom.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Michi is a short form of Michaela. In Celtic, Hebrew, English use, Michaela carries the interpretation “who is like God?.” Michi is a variant of Michiko. One Japanese interpretation is “child of beautiful wisdom.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Michi is a variant of Michiko. An origin associated with Michiko is Japanese. In English use, Michi is a variant of Michael. An origin associated with Michael is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German usage, Michi is a short form of Michael. In German usage, Michi is a short form of Michaela.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Michi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 151
- 8 boys · 143 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 23 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 girls is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 523 as a first name in 2020; 147 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.
Michi’s family of names
In German usage, Michi is a short form of Michael. In German usage, Michi has a conventional equivalent in the English form Mike. In English usage, Michi has a related form in Michael.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Michi has relatives in 5 languages.
12 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Michi
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