Name
MICHAEL

Name MICHAEL

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 5,220,541 births of Michael in the countries below, which represents an average of 36,764 births of children bearing the first name Michael per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 16,187 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Michael   
In Italiano Nome Michael   
Available variants : Michaél , Michaël , Michäel , Michāel


Information about the first name Michael

The first name Michael is listed in our categories :The first name Michael has been assigned to:
99.65% to boys
0.35% to girls
The country where the first name Michael is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 7 letters including 3 vowels and 4 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Michael

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Michael : Amichel, Camilhe, Chae Lim, Chameli, Chimela, Lachemi, Lemachi, Liam Che, Machiel, Maichel, Mailech, Malechi, Meilach, Micahel, Michale, Micheal, Micheál, Michéal, Mícheál, Michel A, Michela, Michéla

Michael in Japanese *

Romajimaikeru
Katakanaマイケル
Hiraganaまいける
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Michael in Japanese
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Michael in sign language

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Michael in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Michael

US English
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  • enPR: mīʹkəl, IPA(key): /ˈmaɪkəl/, [ˈmɐɪ.kɫ̩]
  • Rhymes: -aɪkəl
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FR French
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  • IPA(key): /mi.ka.ɛl/
  • IPA(key): (English-based pronunciation) /maj.kœl/
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  • Michael
  • Alternative form of Michel
SE Swedish
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Latin
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  • From the Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mikhāḗl), from the Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל‎ (mikha'él, “Michael”, literally “Who is like God?”).
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  • Michahēl (the spelling used in some Vulgate)
  • Michaël (used to signal that ae is not to be read as /e/ in Ecclesiastical pronunciation)
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  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.kʰa.eːl/, [ˈmɪkʰäeːɫ̪]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ka.el/, [ˈmiːkäel]
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  • Michaēlium
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  • Michaeās
  • Michās
IT Italian
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  • IPA(key): /ˈmaj.kol/
  • Rhymes: -ajkol
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  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.ka.el/, (careful style) /ˈmi.xa.el/
  • Rhymes: -ikael, (careful style) -ixael
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DK Danish
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  • From Vulgar Latin Michael, Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מיכאל‎ (mikhael, “who is like God?”).
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DE German
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  • From Vulgate Latin Michaēl, Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מיכאל‎ (mikhael, literally “who is like God?”).
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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪçaˌeːl/, /-ˌɛl/, [ˈmɪ.çaˌ(ʔ)eːl], [-ˌ(ʔ)ɛl]
  • Hyphenation: Mi‧cha‧el
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CZ Czech
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  • From Vulgate Latin Michaēl, Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל‎ (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).
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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪxaɛl]
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Popularity of the name Michael

Number of MICHAEL births per year

Popularity of the name Michael
Popularity of the name Michael

Total births of Michael by country

Births with the first name Michael
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
4,400,871
17,241
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
146,359
6
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
134,952
4
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
81,518
34
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
65,752
540
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
54,893
0
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
50,341
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
45,214
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
41,016
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
39,871
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
34,784
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
17,937
69
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
15,978
40
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2022
13,707
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
13,241
75
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
12,927
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
12,209
4
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
9,154
0
NONorway
1945 - 2022
5,213
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
1,760
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
1,642
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
891
0
SESweden
1998 - 2022
889
0
CLChili
2010 - 2021
742
3
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
440
0
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
194
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
18
0
SISlovenia
1992 - 2022
12
0
Popularity of the name Michael

Total births of Michael by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Michael
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
8,829
0
DEGermany
2022
4,248
2
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
749
0
ITItaly
2021
388
1
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
368
0
ONOntario
2019
295
0
IEIreland
2022
278
0
ATAustria
2021
261
0
AUAustralia
2022
255
0
ABAlberta
2022
59
0
QCQuebec
2022
52
0
BCBritish Columbia
2022
50
0
NZNew Zealand
2022
50
0
FRFrance
2022
47
0
NLNetherlands
2022
46
0
CLChili
2021
41
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
35
0
BEBelgium
2022
33
0
NONorway
2022
28
0
PLPoland
2022
22
0
SESweden
2022
20
0
ARArgentina
2015
17
0
DKDenmark
2022
13
0

Comments on the name Michael

Personalities with the first name Michael

There are 2921 personalities with the first name Michael

Michael Jackson (Michael Joseph Jackson) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Actor Businessperson Poet Entrepreneur Singer Record producer Singer-songwriter Musician Songwriter Voice actor Film director Model Dancer Art collector Film actor Recording artist Philanthropist Autobiographer

Michael Faraday src

Great britain United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Writer Physicist Inventor Chemist

Michael Schumacher src

Germany
Motorcycle racer Formula one driver

Michael Jordan (Michael Jeffrey Jordan) src

United states of america
Spokesperson Entrepreneur Basketball player Baseball player Autobiographer

Chris Pratt (Christopher Michael Pratt) src

United states of america
Actor Voice actor Television actor Film actor

Sylvester Stallone (Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Film director Film producer Film actor

Kevin Costner (Kevin Michael Costner) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Actor Singer Musician Songwriter Guitarist Voice actor Film director Film producer Director Television actor Film actor

Michael Caine (Maurice Joseph Micklewhite) src

United kingdom
Film actor

Le Caravage (Michelangelo Merisi) src

Duchy of milan
Painter

Hugh Jackman (Hugh Michael Jackman) src

United kingdom Australia
Actor Singer Musician Television presenter Executive producer Stage actor Voice actor Film producer Television actor Musical theatre actor Film actor


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Michael
Full list of personalities with the first name Michael

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Michael

There are 26249 actors and actresses with the first name Michael
Michael Averbukh
Michael Daisher
Michael Angeles
Michael Aboujaoude
Michael Strusievici
Michael Algieri
Michael Olshavsky
Michael Andrew
Michael Bain
Michael May
Michael Bruny
Michael Puthuff
Michael Ormsby
Michael Manuel Peña
Michael Pitts
Michael Eaborn
Michael T. Wells
Michael Tabet
Michael Yiu
Michael Len
Michael Rowlands
Michael Chen
Michael Zomick
Michael Steedley
Michael Nocturnel
Michael Tommer
Michael Johnston
Michael Barth Edwards
Michael Garcia Otavo
Michael Gohlke

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Michael
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Michael

Rankings of first name MICHAEL by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#1DE Germany2022
#12IE Ireland2022
#16US United State of America2022
#34ON Ontario2019
#35AT Austria2021
#38CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#60AB Alberta2022
#72BC British Columbia2022
#77GB United Kingdom2021
#80AU Australia2022
#83IT Italy2021
#94NZ New Zealand2022
#126QC Quebec2022
#179NO Norway2022
#234CL Chili2021
#261CH Switzerland2021
#265PL Poland2022
#299DK Denmark2022
#318AR Argentina2015
#342BE Belgium2022
#355NL Netherlands2022
#377SE Sweden2022
#887FR France2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#5706DE Germany2022
#20737IT Italy2021
Other boys' names around Michael
MICHAMICHAAELMICHAALMICHACLMICHADSONMICHAEMICHAE•MICHAEALMICHAEEMICHAEEL MICHAEL MICHAÉLMICHAËLMICHÄELMICHĀELMICHAELAMICHAELALFIOMICHAELAMEDEOMICHAELANDREAMICHAELANGEMICHAELANGEL

Other girls' names around Michael
MICENYSMICENZIEMICEREMMICEREMEMICERYMICETTAMICGELLEMICHAMICHAAELAMICHAEEL MICHAEL MICHAELAMICHAËLAMICHAELAHMICHAELAMARIAMICHAELANGELOMICHAELANNMICHAELANNEMICHAELEMICHAËLEMICHAELEA

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