Given name
Michiel
“who is like God?”
Michiel is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Michiel is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Michiel 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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Michiel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,045
- 1,040 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 39 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 8 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 796 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.
Michiel’s family of names
Michiel has a related form in Michael. In Dutch usage, Michiel has a conventional equivalent in the English form Michael. In Dutch usage, Michiel has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Michele.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Michiel has relatives in 9 languages.
7 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 29
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MiguelSpanish
- Mikaelequivalent
- Mikaequivalent
- Mikhailequivalent
- Mikkoequivalent
- Michalequivalent
- Mikailequivalent
- MicheleItalian
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- Mykhailoequivalent
- Mitchelequivalent
- Mihaiequivalent
- Mayconequivalent
- Mihaelequivalent
- Michailequivalent
- Mykolasequivalent
- Miquelequivalent
- Михаилequivalent
- Mikaeloequivalent
- Mihangelequivalent
- Mikhaïlequivalent
- Mihkelequivalent
- Михайлоequivalent
- Michaiłequivalent
- Міхаілequivalent
- Michasequivalent
- ΜιχαήλGreek
- MichałPolish
- Mickaëlequivalent
- Mihályequivalent
People named Michiel
- Michiel de RuyterDutch admiral (1607-1676)
- Michael DornAmerican actorborn 1952
- Michiel HuismanDutch actor (born 1981)
- Michiel CoxieFlemish painter (1499-1592)
- Michiel Jansz. van MiereveltDutch painter (1566–1641)
- Michiel de Swaensouthern Dutch playwright and poet1654–1707
- Michiel SweertsFlemish painter and printmaker (1618–1664)
- Michiel BartmanDutch rowerborn 1967
- Michiel KramerDutch footballerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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