Given name · also Latin

Miqueias

Miqueias is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Portuguese.

Original LatinMichaeas

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Miqueias comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Michaeas, from Ancient Greek Μιχαίας, from Hebrew מִיכָיָה.

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Miqueias’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Miqueias shares an earlier linguistic root with Micaías. In Portuguese usage, Miqueias has a conventional equivalent in the English form Micah. In Portuguese usage, Miqueias has a conventional equivalent in the German form Micha.

Walk Miqueias’s family in the name graph

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The ring: 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.

Around the world

Miqueias has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.

Hebrew

5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 5

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

Similar names

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

Hebrew

Miķelis

“who is like God?”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Mikneiah

“acquired through Yah”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Mihaels

“who is like God?”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Modern

Micaiah

“who is like (Yahweh)?”

45UncommonSteady

73% boys · 27% girls

Hebrew

Mishmannah

“fatness”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Misaele

Misaele is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Italian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Mikkjal

“who is like God?”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Miikael

Miikael is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Estonian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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