Given name & surname · also Norman French
Mitchell
“who is like God?”
In English use, Mitchell is a medieval form of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Mitchell carries the interpretation “who is like God?.” In English use, Mitchell is a medieval form of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Norman French.
How it developed
Mitchell is used as a form of Michael.
The story
Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Mitchell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 165,191
- 164,063 boys · 1,128 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 5,391 babies
- 2025
- 245
- #954 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 245 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 954 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 28.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 5,370 in 1994. In 2025, Ohio had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (16). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 124,130 as a first name in 2020; 372,104 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.
Mitchell’s family of names
In English usage, Mitchell has a diminutive in Mitch. Mitchell is a form of Michael. Mitchell is a medieval form of Michael.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mitchell has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
Englishwhere Mitchell comes from · 5 names
Nicknames & forms 19
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mitchell
- Mitch DukeAustralian association football playerborn 1991
- Mitch HedbergAmerican stand-up comedian1968–2005
- Mitchell LangerakAustralian association football playerborn 1988
- Mitchell WeiserGerman association football playerborn 1994
- Mitchell FeigenbaumAmerican mathematical physicist (1944–2019)
- Mitchell RyanAmerican actor (1934–2022)
- Mitchell WattAustralian track and field athleteborn 1988
- Mitch MarnerCanadian ice hockey player (born 1997)
- Mitchell LeisenAmerican film director (1898-1972)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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