Michael

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Old Swedish Old Swedish
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of Μιξαελ (Mixael), a Greek form the Hebrew name מִיכָאֵל (Mikha'el):

First element (Mikha-):

Hebrew mikha' = 'who is like'

Last element (-el):

Hebrew el = 'God' (see ELI)

[1] [2]

Related Names

     
Micael Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Micha Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Swedish
Michael Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Old Norse Old Swedish Swedish
Michel Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Michele Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Italian
Michell Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Mick Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Mickael Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Micke Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Swedish
Mickel Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Mickey Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Micki Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Micky Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Swedish
Migál Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Migáš Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Migil Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Migoš Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Migos Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Migot Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Mihka Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Mihkil Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Mihkkal Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Mihkkel Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Mihkkil Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Mihkku Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Miika Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Miikael Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Miikaeli Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Miikka Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Mik Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Mika Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Mikaali Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Greenlandic
Mikaeeli Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Mikael Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Mikaeli Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Mikal Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Norwegian Swedish
Mike Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Mikee Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Miki Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Old Norse Swedish
Mikjáll Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Norse
Mikka Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Mikkael Icelandic
Mikkal Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Mikke Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Mikkel Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Mikkeli Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Mikkeline Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Mikki Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish
Mikkjal Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Mikkjáll Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Mikkjel Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Mikko Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Sami
Mikkol Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Mikku Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Miksa Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Miku Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Miska Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

For female forms see Michaela

Name Day

Denmark Denmark

29 September

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Michael
Accusative: Michael
Dative: Michaeli
Genitive: Michaels
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Michael
Accusative: Michael
Dative: Michael
Genitive: Michaels

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 13th century [2]

Namesakes

Carl Michael Bellman (4 February 1740 – 11 February 1795), Swedish poet and composer

Frans Michael Franzén (9 February 1772 – 14 August 1847), Swedish poet

Michael (born: Rolf Åke Mikael) Nyqvist (*8th November, 1960), Swedish actor

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 45722 n.a
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 2 54 19694 38690
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 2515 4192
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 4 n.a 6396
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[4][3][5][6]:Name statistics for Michael(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Michael(m)


Sources: [4] [3] [5] [6]

References

  1. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi