Given name & surname
Mikail
“who is like God?”
Mikail is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mikail goes back to Ancient Greek Μιχαήλ, meaning “who is like God?”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Mikail comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mikail through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,243
- 1,228 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 47
- #2,742 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 47 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,742 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California and New York shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,020 as a first name in 2020; 139 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.
Mikail’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Mikail has a conventional equivalent in the German form Michael. In Turkish usage, Mikail has a conventional equivalent in the French form Michel. In Turkish usage, Mikail has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Michał.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mikail has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 31
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MichaelGerman
- MiguelSpanish
- Mikaelequivalent
- Mikaequivalent
- Mikhailequivalent
- Mikkoequivalent
- Michalequivalent
- MichelFrench
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- Micheleequivalent
- Mykhailoequivalent
- Mitchelequivalent
- Mihaiequivalent
- Mayconequivalent
- Miquelequivalent
- Michielequivalent
- Mihaelequivalent
- Michailequivalent
- Mykolasequivalent
- Михаилequivalent
- Michaëlequivalent
- Mihályequivalent
- Mikaeloequivalent
- Mihangelequivalent
- Mikhaïlequivalent
- Mihkelequivalent
- Михайлоequivalent
- Michaiłequivalent
- Міхаілequivalent
- Michasequivalent
- MichałPolish
- Mickaëlequivalent
People named Mikail
- Mykhaylo RenzhynIsraelian alpine skierborn 1978
- Mikail MadenNorwegian association football playerborn 2002
- MaikeleleSwedish professional gamerborn 1991
- Mikail AslanTurkish singer of Zaza ancestry (born 1972)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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