Given name
Mychael
“who is like God?”
Mychael is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mychael is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mychael 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 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mychael through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,590
- 1,348 boys · 242 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 91 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,570 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −55%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 96% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,570 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 83 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,334 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mychael’s family of names
Mychael has a related form in Michael.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mychael
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Mychael, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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