Given name & surname
Mihail
“who is like God?”
Mihail is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mihail is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mihail is a variant of Michael. An origin associated with Michael is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Old Church Slavonic Михаилъ, from Ancient Greek Μιχαήλ, 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)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mihail through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 187
- 187 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,336 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,336 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,240 as a first name in 2020; 131 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.
Mihail’s family of names
In Romanian usage, Mihail has a short form in Mihai. Mihail has a related form in Michael. In Romanian usage, Mihail has a conventional equivalent in the German form Michael.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mihail has relatives in 5 languages.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
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 Mihail
- Mihail KogălniceanuRomanian statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist (1817–1891)
- Mihail SadoveanuRomanian writer, journalist and politician (1880–1961)
- Mihail SebastianRomanian writer (1907–1945)
- Mihail SavovBulgarian general (1857–1928)
- Mihail Sturdzaprince from Moldova (1794-1884)
- Mihail ManoilescuRomanian politician and economist (1891–1950)
- Mihail FormuzalMoldovan politicianborn 1959
- Mihail MarinRomanian chess playerborn 1965
- Mihail LascărRomanian general (1889–1959)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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