Given name & surname
Mickel
“who is like God?”
Mickel is a variant of Mick. In English use, Mick carries the interpretation “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mickel is a variant of Mick. In English use, Mick carries the interpretation “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mickel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,009
- 1,962 boys · 47 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 54 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,335 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,335 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 54 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,426 as a first name in 2020; 2,092 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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