Given name · also Ancient Greek
Miguel Ángel
“who”·“like”·“God”
Miguel Ángel is a masculine given name from Koine Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Spanish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Miguel Ángel is built from elements meaning “who” and “like” and “God”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Miguel Ángel comes from Koine Greek, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Koine Greek Μῐχᾱήλ, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl), built from Biblical Hebrew מִי (mí, “who”) + כַּ־ (ka-, “like”) + אֵל (él, “God”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Miguel Ángel’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Miguel Ángel can be written in the Roman alphabet as มีเกฺล อังเฆล.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Miguel Ángel
- Miguel Ángel AsturiasGuatemalan writer and diplomat (1899–1974)
- Miguel Ángel NadalSpanish footballerborn 1966
- Miguel Ángel MoyáSpanish footballerborn 1984
- Miguel Ángel LotinaSpanish association football player and managerborn 1957
- Miguel HerránSpanish actorborn 1996
- Miguel Ángel AnguloSpanish association football player and managerborn 1977
- Miguel Ángel Félix GallardoMexican drug lordborn 1946
- Miguel Ángel MoratinosSpanish politicianborn 1951
- Miguel Ángel LópezColombian cyclistborn 1994
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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