Given name & surname
Mihály
“who is like God?”
Mihály is a form of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mihály is a form of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mihály is a form of Michael. An origin associated with Michael is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
Mihály’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Mihály has a diminutive in Mihályka. Mihály shares a linguistic root with Michael. In Hungarian usage, Mihály has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Michele.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mihály has relatives in 9 languages.
10 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 34
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Michaelcognate · English, German
- MiguelSpanish
- Mikaelequivalent
- Mikaequivalent
- Mikhailequivalent
- Mikkoequivalent
- Michalequivalent
- Mikailequivalent
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- MichelFrench
- MicheleItalian
- Mykhailoequivalent
- Mitchelequivalent
- Mihaiequivalent
- Mayconequivalent
- Miquelequivalent
- Michielequivalent
- Mihaelequivalent
- Michailequivalent
- Mykolasequivalent
- Михаилequivalent
- Mikaeloequivalent
- Mihangelequivalent
- Mikhaïlequivalent
- Mikkeliequivalent
- Mihkelequivalent
- Михайлоequivalent
- Michaiłequivalent
- Міхаілequivalent
- Michasequivalent
- МайклRussian
- ΜιχαήλGreek
- MichałPolish
- MichaëlFrench
- Mickaëlequivalent
People named Mihály
- Michel SognyFrench pianistborn 1947
- Mihály VörösmartyHungarian writer (1800-1855)
- Mihály BabitsHungarian poet, translator (1883-1941)
- Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiHungarian-American psychologist (1934–2021)
- Mihály KárolyiHungarian politician, president, prime minister of Hungary and ambassador to France (1875–1955)
- Mihály MunkácsyHungarian painter (1844-1900)
- Mihály LantosHungarian footballer (1928-1989)
- Mihály CsokonaiHungarian poet (1773–1805)
- Mihály ZichyHungarian painter (1827-1906)
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