Given name · also Latin
Mikkjal
“who is like God?”
Mikkjal is a masculine given name from Vulgar Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Faroese.
Original Hebrewמיכאל
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mikkjal goes back to Hebrew מיכאל (mikhael), meaning “who is like God?”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Mikkjal comes from Vulgar Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Faroese usage, Mikkjal developed from מיכאל.
Mikkjal’s family of names
In Faroese usage, Mikkjal developed from the Hebrew form מיכאל. In Faroese usage, Mikkjal has a conventional equivalent in the English form Michael. In Faroese usage, Mikkjal has a conventional equivalent in the French form Michel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mikkjal has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Mikkjal comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mikkjal
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