Given name · also Turkish

Mikâil

Mikâil is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Turkish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Mikâil comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Ottoman Turkish میكائیل (mikail), from Arabic مِيكَائِيل, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mikâil’s family of names

In Turkish usage, Mikâil has a conventional equivalent in the English form Michael.

Walk Mikâil’s family in the name graph

MikâilMikailMîkaîlMichael

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Mikâil, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Arabic · Biblical

Mixail

“Who is like God?”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Mickaël

“who” · “like”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Mikaa'el

“Who is like God?”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Mikayıl

Mikayıl is a masculine given name from Arabic, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Azerbaijani.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Michahel

“who is like God?”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Maixăl

“who is like God?”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Micheál

“who is like God?”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Mìcheal

“who is like God?”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Mikâil’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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