Given name & surname
Mikeal
“who is like God?”
Mikeal is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mikeal is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mikeal is a variant of Michael. An origin associated with Michael is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mikeal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,405
- 2,386 boys · 19 girls
- Most popular year
- 1952
- 60 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,261 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,261 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 37.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 60 in 1952. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,650 as a first name in 2020; 312 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.
Mikeal’s family of names
Mikeal has a related form in Michael. In English usage, Mikeal has a conventional equivalent in the German form Michael.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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