Given name
Mykolas
Mykolas is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Lithuanian usage, Mykolas developed from Μιχαήλ.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mykolas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 20 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2013.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mykolas’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Mykolas shares an earlier linguistic root with MICHAILAS. In Lithuanian usage, Mykolas has a conventional equivalent in the English form Michael. In Lithuanian usage, Mykolas has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Michele.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mykolas has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Mykolas comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 27
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MichaelEnglish, German
- MiguelSpanish
- Mikaelequivalent
- Mikaequivalent
- Mikhailequivalent
- Mikkoequivalent
- Mikailequivalent
- Michalequivalent
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- Michelequivalent
- MicheleItalian
- Mitchelequivalent
- Mayconequivalent
- Miquelequivalent
- Michielequivalent
- Mihaelequivalent
- Michailequivalent
- Μιχαήλroot · Greek, Ancient Greek
- Mickaëlequivalent
- Michaëlequivalent
- Mihályequivalent
- Михаилequivalent
- Mikaeloequivalent
- Mihangelequivalent
- Mikhaïlequivalent
- Mihkelequivalent
- Michałequivalent
- Міхаілequivalent
People named Mykolas
- Mykolas AleknaLithuanian discus throwerborn 2002
- Mykolas BiržiškaLithuanian professor, diplomat and politician (1882–1962)
- Mykolas SleževičiusLithuanian lawyer, political figure, and journalist (1882-1939)
- Mykolas BurokevičiusSoviet-Lithuanian politician1927–2016
- Mykolas RuzgysLithuanian basketball player (1915–1986)
- Mykolas KęsgailaLithuanian nobleman1380–1450
- Mykolas SluckisLithuanian writer (1928-2013)
- Mykolas Angelas Šulcasarchitect (1769-1812)
- Mykolas MajauskasLithuanian politicianborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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