Name
MICHAEL

Name MICHAEL

Between 1880 and 2019 there were 5,152,991 births of Michael in the countries below, which represents an average of 37,072 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 15,724 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
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Michael in Japanese
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Michael in sign language

Michael in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Michael

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Latin Michaēl, Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל‎ (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).
Alternative forms src :
  • Michaell
Anagrams src :
  • Micheal, chameli, helicam
Pronunciation src :
  • enPR: mīʹkəl, IPA(key): /ˈmaɪkəl/, [ˈmɐɪ.kʰɫ̩]
  • Rhymes: -aɪkəl
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • (pet forms): Mick, Mickey, Micky, Mike, Mikey
  • (variants): Miles, Mitchell
  • (feminine forms): Michaela, Michele, Michelle
FR French
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from English Michael.
Alternative forms src :
  • Michaël
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /mi.ka.ɛl/
  • IPA(key): /maj.kœl/
Proper noun src :
  • Michael
  • A male given name from English of modern usage.
SE Swedish
Etymology src :
  • From Vulgate Latin Michael, Michahel, from Hebrew מיכאל‎ (mikhael, “who is like God?”). First recorded as a given name in Sweden in the 13th century.
Proper noun src :
  • Michael c (genitive Michaels)
  • A male given name, a less common spelling of Mikael.
Latin
Etymology src :
  • From the Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mikhāḗl), from the Hebrew מִיכָאֵל‎ (mikha'él, “Michael”, literally “Who is like God?”).
Alternative forms src :
  • Michahēl (the spelling used in some Vulgate)
Pronunciation src :
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.kʰa.eːl/, [ˈmɪ.kʰa.eːɫ̪]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ka.el/, [ˈmiː.ka.ɛl]
Proper noun (Declension) src :
  • Third-declension noun, singular only.
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • Michaēlium
Proper noun (Descendants) src :
  • Italian: Michele
  • Old French: MichelFrench: Michel
  • Portuguese: Miguel
  • Albanian: Mëhill
  • Spanish: Miguel
  • → Danish: Michael
  • → English: Michael
  • → Czech: Michael
  • → Finnish: Mikael
  • → German: Michael
  • → Icelandic: Mikael
  • → Irish: Micheál
  • → Japanese: ミカエル (Mikaeru)
  • → Korean: 미카엘 (Mika-el)
  • → Latvian: Miķelis
  • → Norwegian: Michael
  • → Polabian: Maixăl
  • → Polish: Michał
  • → Swedish: Michael
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • Michaeās
  • Michās
DK Danish
Etymology src :
  • From Vulgar Latin Michael, Michahel, from Hebrew מיכאל‎ (mikhael, “who is like God?”).
Alternative forms src :
  • Mikael
Proper noun src :
  • Michael
  • A common Danish male given name.
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • (male given names) Mike, Mikkel
  • (female given names) Michala, Michella, Michelle
  • (surnames) Michaelsen, Mikkelsen
DE German
Etymology src :
  • From Vulgate Latin Michael, Michahel, from Hebrew מיכאל‎ (mikhael, “who is like God?”).
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪ.çaˌʔeːl/, /ˈmɪ.ça.(ʔ)ɛl/
  • Hyphenation: Mi‧cha‧el
Proper noun src :
  • Michael m (genitive Michaels, female Michaela)
  • A common German male given name.
  • Michael the Archangel.
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • Michi
  • Michel
  • Michue (Swiss; Bern)
CZ Czech
Etymology src :
  • From Vulgate Latin Michael, Michahel, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל‎ (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).
Alternative forms src :
  • Michal
Proper noun src :
  • Michael m
  • A male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Michael
 

Popularity of the name Michael

Number of MICHAEL births per year

Total births of Michael by country

Births with the first name Michael
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2019
4,372,877
17,245
ONOntario
1913 - 2018
146,064
6
AUAustralia
1944 - 2019
117,926
4
FRFrance
1900 - 2019
81,344
34
BRBrazil
1930 - 2010
65,752
540
IEIreland
1964 - 2019
54,030
0
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2019
50,173
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2019
43,714
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2018
40,185
0
CHSwitzerland
1912 - 2019
39,836
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2019
34,631
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2019
17,739
69
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2019
13,707
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
12,927
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2018
11,989
74
ABAlberta
1980 - 2019
11,999
4
DKDenmark
1985 - 2019
8,150
0
NONorway
1945 - 2019
5,110
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2019
1,674
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2018
1,554
38
PLPoland
2000 - 2019
1,566
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
891
0
SESweden
1998 - 2019
820
0
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2019
301
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2019
18
0

Total births of Michael by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Michael
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2019
10,514
0
BRBrazil
2010
1,676
18
GBUnited Kingdom
2019
835
0
ITItaly
2018
409
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
368
0
ONOntario
2018
341
0
AUAustralia
2019
306
0
IEIreland
2019
302
0
ATAustria
2018
299
0
DEGermany
2018
84
0
QCQuebec
2019
76
0
ABAlberta
2019
75
0
FRFrance
2019
71
0
BCBritish Columbia
2019
56
0
NZNew Zealand
2019
56
0
NLNetherlands
2019
51
0
CHSwitzerland
2019
48
0
PLPoland
2019
34
0
BEBelgium
2019
28
0
NONorway
2019
25
0
SESweden
2019
24
0
ARArgentina
2015
17
0
DKDenmark
2019
11
0

Comments on the name Michael

Personalities with the first name Michael

There are 2243 personalities with the first name Michael


Michael Jackson
(Michael Joseph Jackson) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Actor Businessperson Poet Entrepreneur Record producer Singer-songwriter Philanthropist Autobiographer Recording artist Beatboxer Musician Choreographer Film director Dancer Film actor


Michael Faraday
src

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


Michael Schumacher
src

Germany
Diplomat Motorcycle racer Formula one driver


Chris Pratt
src

United states of america
Actor Voice actor Television actor Film actor


Michael Jordan
(Michael Jeffrey Jordan) src

United states of america
Spokesperson Entrepreneur Basketball player Baseball player Autobiographer


Sylvester Stallone
(Michael 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
Actor Singer Musician Songwriter Guitarist Voice actor Film director Film producer Television actor Film actor


Michael Phelps
(Michael Fred Phelps Ii) src

United states of america
Swimmer


Caravage
(Michelangelo Merisi) src

Duchy of milan
Painter


Michael Caine
(Maurice Joseph Micklewhite) src

United kingdom
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 23577 actors and actresses with the first name Michael
Michael Daisher
Michael Angeles
Michael Strusievici
Michael Algieri
Michael Olshavsky
Michael Bain
Michael May
Michael Ormsby
Michael Manuel Peña
Michael Pitts
Michael Eaborn
Michael T. Wells
Michael Tabet
Michael Len
Michael Rowlands
Michael Chen
Michael Zomick
Michael Steedley
Michael Tommer
Michael Johnston
Michael Barth Edwards
Michael Gohlke
Michael Dillman
Michael Francis-Lynch
Michael Mcelroy
Michael Pandolfo
Michael Drummond
Michael Taber
Michael Tabanyi
Michael Greene

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
#14US United State of America2019
#14IE Ireland2019
#26ON Ontario2018
#32AT Austria2018
#38CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#47AB Alberta2019
#60AU Australia2019
#68BC British Columbia2019
#70GB United Kingdom2019
#81IT Italy2018
#89NZ New Zealand2019
#98QC Quebec2019
#111DE Germany2018
#140BR Brazil2010
#183CH Switzerland2019
#192PL Poland2019
#198NO Norway2019
#318AR Argentina2015
#320NL Netherlands2019
#341DK Denmark2019
#358SE Sweden2019
#386BE Belgium2019
#661FR France2019
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#3592BR Brazil2010








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