Given name & surname
Miquel
“who is like God?”
Miquel is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Miquel is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Miquel is a variant of Michael. An origin associated with Michael is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Hebrew מיכאל (mikhael, “who is like God?”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Miquel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,123
- 2,031 boys · 92 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 66 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −43%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 61 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,107 as a first name in 2020; 130 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Miquel’s family of names
Miquel shares a linguistic root with Michael. In Catalan usage, Miquel has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Miguel. Miquel has a related form in Michael.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Miquel has relatives in 9 languages.
8 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Miguelcognate · Spanish
- Mikaelequivalent
- Mikaequivalent
- Mikelequivalent
- Mikhailequivalent
- Mikkoequivalent
- Michalequivalent
- Mikailequivalent
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- MicheleItalian
- Mykhailoequivalent
- Mitchelequivalent
- Micaelequivalent
- Mihaiequivalent
- Mayconequivalent
- Michielequivalent
- Mihaelequivalent
- Michailequivalent
- Mykolasequivalent
- Михаилequivalent
- Mikaeloequivalent
- Mihangelequivalent
- Mikhaïlequivalent
- Mikkeliequivalent
- Mihkelequivalent
- Михайлоequivalent
- Michaiłequivalent
- Міхаілequivalent
- Michasequivalent
- МайклRussian
- ΜιχαήλGreek
- MichałPolish
- Mickaëlequivalent
- Michaëlequivalent
- Mihályequivalent
- מיכאלsource · Hebrew
People named Miquel
- Miki NúñezSpanish singerborn 1996
- Junípero SerraChristian missionary1713–1784
- Miquel Crusafont i PairóSpanish paleontologist (1910-1983)
- Miquel SolerSpanish footballer (born 1965)
- Bonaventura Granfranciscan friar proclaimed blessed by the Catholic Church (1620-1684)
- Miquel Barcelópainter (born 1957)
- Miquel NelomDutch footballerborn 1990
- Miquel Martí i PolCatalan poet1929–2003
- Miquel Costa i LloberaSpanish poet and presbyter (1854–1922)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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