Given name
Mihajlo
“who is like God”
Mihajlo is a masculine given name. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mihajlo is a romanization of Михайло. Михайло goes back to Hebrew מיכאל (Mīkhāḗl), meaning “who is like God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mihajlo is a romanization of Михайло. Михайло comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Hebrew.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mihajlo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 55
- 55 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,337 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,337 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 186 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mihajlo’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Mihajlo has a conventional equivalent in the English form Michael. In Serbian usage, Mihajlo has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Michele. In Slovenian usage, Mihajlo has a conventional equivalent in the French form Michaël.
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Around the world
Mihajlo has relatives in 6 languages.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mihajlo
- Mihajlo PupinSerbian-American physicist, physical chemist and philanthropist (1858–1935)
- Mihajlo CvetkovićSerbian footballerborn 2007
- Mihajlo D. MesarovicSerbian academicborn 1928
- Mihajlo MitićSerbian volleyball playerborn 1990
- Mihajlo PjanovićSerbian footballerborn 1977
- Mihajlo CakićSerbian footballerborn 1990
- Mihajlo Čeprkaloswimmerborn 1999
- Mihajlo MihajlovYugoslav writer (1934–2010)
- Mihajlo Hamzićpainter (1482-1518)
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