Given name & surname
Michon
“who is like God?”
Michon is a form of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Hebrew use, Michon carries the interpretation “who is like God?.” Michon is a form of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Michon is used as a form of Michael.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1941. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Michon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 584
- 29 boys · 555 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 31 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 6 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 652 as a first name in 2020; 839 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.
Michon’s family of names
In Occitan usage, Michon is a diminutive of Micheu. Michon is a form of Michael. Michon has a related form in Michelle.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Michellevariant
- Myshonvariant
- Mishonvariant
- Micheufull form · Occitan
- Micheonvariant
- Myshonnvariant
- Mishonnvariant
- Mychonnvariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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